Celeste – Recovery

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecoveryAn Illustration by OCDUKYA Celeste Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Celeste’s Illustration Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Recovery An Illustration by OCDUKYA Celeste Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Celeste’s …

Theo – Me & the Friendly Monster

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMe & the “Friendly” MonsterBy OCDUKYA Theo“Never walk alone”, he uttered. Pledging, security, and certainty. Living became shielded from harm. Coming at a cost, one with no final price. Gifted reassurance with the cost, so it seemed …

Millie-Grace – To the recently diagnosed

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCDUKYA Millie-GraceTo the recently diagnosed,I was diagnosed with contamination and order OCD nearly three years ago. Since then I have had two years of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention. Ever since I started therapy, I …

Amy – Myths Vs Truths

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs TruthsBy OCDUKYA Amy Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Amy’s post Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Myths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA Amy Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Amy’s …

Mia – Myths Vs Truths

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA Mia Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Mia’s post Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Myths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA Mia Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about …

Emily – Myths Vs Truths

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCDUKYA Emily The Reality of OCDBy Emily- OCD is pure darkness that penetrates my mind. It traps me and consumes me in fear- with its constant ramble of intrusive thoughts. So, no, you should not say that …

Anna – Recovery

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecovery By OCDUKYA AnnaThere is not a word in the dictionary that I could use to effectively describe what recovery feels like. It is a freedom unlike any other, a release from chains that no one else …

Lucy – Recovery

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecovery By OCDUKYA Lucy Life before I developed obsessive-compulsive disorder cannot be described as anything other than free.  A life when ‘the five second rule’ still applied, of sharing water bottles and chapstick, a brain filled with …

Lena – Recovery

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecovery By OCDUKYA LenaRecovery for me means freedom. Freedom and the ability to do what I want, when I want, without being subjected to a flood of intrusive thoughts. I would be able to take breaks without …

Rachel – Recovery

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRachelRecoveryFight the bully   look inside an OCD mind, there’s lots that you could find, there are a thousand thoughts that are always there, it’s the thoughts that create the scare, do that again one, two three, …

Lena – To the recently diagnosed

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactTo the recently diagnosed, Getting a diagnosis can come with many emotions, it may feel scary and give you hope at the same time, you may be confused and unsure about the future. The first thing I …

Isabel – Recovery

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactIsabelRecovery’A return to a normal state of health, mind or strength.’ OR ‘The action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.’ In my opinion, these are two very different definitions. To say …