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OCD in Control

It's been a week since I posted because I have had my mom and aunt in town visiting from Michigan. It was a wonderful week with them and I they had a great time while they were here. My mom and aunt both know about my daily struggles and are aware it has gotten worse since the last time I saw family back in MI. But they haven't seen how controlled by my OCD I am before this visit. I was really good though and very proud of myself. I am mentally exhausted, but nothing that they did. They were great. I honestly think that my mom got more upset about things that upset me than I actually did. LOL! If something that bothers me happens, I just explain that it upsets me and do what I need to do to feel better about the situation. I feel it was harder on them than it was on me for them to be visiting. I know that I asked a lot of them and I am sorry. It isn't that I didn't want them in my house at all. Just the opposite. Them being here actually was a huge help. I know...

Introduction

Hello! My name is Terri and I wanted to start this blog to help others like me. I have ADHD with OCD and Generalized Anxiety (with occasional seasonal depression) and I am not afraid to talk about it and tell people. I am proud of who I am. Why not? Why is it still so taboo to talk about our mental health and mental illnesses? If more people are willing to speak up, others will feel more confident to stand up and speak up as well. This is my goal; I want others to be able to stand up and talk about their mental illness and help others. Even it that help is getting them to feel comfortable and take that first step, which is to accept and get help. I also want everyone to get the help that they need, and live a happy life. Not everyone needs medicine, some just need someone to talk to. Others need both and yet others, medicine seems to help them enough where they can live a productive and happy life. You never know, taking that few minutes to listen to someone or opening up to...

Taking Time For Yourself

It's so easy to speak out and tell others to make sure that you are taking some "me time", but following through with it myself is not so easy. I need to practice what I preach, so to speak LOL. It turns out it can be really hard to take time out for myself. Every morning I am trying to get up 30 minutes earlier for "me time" on my back patio. I sit there and drink my coffee, water my veggie garden, and watch the pups run and play in the backyard. This is a nice time every morning to just relax before starting my day off. This is typically all I can do for myself every day. For me cleaning typically is a relaxing thing to do. Yet at this time, I don't even enjoy that and I can't say that is relaxing like normal. So I actually have to set time aside every day, in sessions throughout the day, so I can make sure that I can "try" to relax and think about me. I am the person that will always be there if I am needed or asked to help. ...

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