The uncomfortable truth is that retailers and the media play a part in perpetuating misconceptions and adding to the stigma around some mental health problems, like OCD, and that can and does discourage people from seeking help. The fact is …
After battling with paralysing anxiety in 2017, London-based artist and producer Emily Underhill, was diagnosed with a subset of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, that is sometimes called Harm OCD. Known professionally as Tusks, Emily was keen to be vocal about her …
Today marks the start of OCD Awareness Week 2019. For every single person with lived experience of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder awareness week will have a different meaning. Some will want to raise awareness for very personal reasons, while others might want …
We know it’s still only October, and we all get irritated at shops that sell Christmas products way too early, but we were actually asked in early August about our Christmas Cards (do we get brownie points for waiting until …
People still think OCD means being neat, tidy, clean and organised. We need to say to them, ‘think again!’. We need to tell them that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a seriously debilitating disorder which leads the sufferer to having unwanted …
OCDtober is a fantastic initiative that was the brainchild of one of our members, and one which OCD-UK are proud to launch. OCDtober is an entire month… October of course … which includes international OCD Awareness Week (13th-19th October 2019), dedicated …
One of us has to go They say you should never judge a book by its cover. What do they know? This is a fabulous debut novel by Katja Schulz, a German born UK based writer, and made all the …
Described as refreshingly honest and ground breaking, ‘Pure’ is Channel 4’s new comedy drama based on the fantastic book Pure by Rose Bretécher (pen name), which starts this evening. We loved Rose’s book and we’re looking forward to enjoying the series …
Last week OCD-UK spoke out against numerous examples of OCD misuse, some of which gained national media coverage. Despite making our reasons clear within the aforementioned media coverage, some observers still failed to understand the significant point about why we …
Over the weekend we were asked to intervene after concerns had been raised by our followers about misuse of OCD in a job advert by an hotel and wedding venue in Swansea. The venue were seeking staff with perfectionist traits, …
