Beautiful Voyager

JULY 5, 2023

The author Natalia Aniela Aíza My journey as an OCD therapist (and what I have yet to learn). I distinctly remember that queasy feeling of being both powerful and powerless – what I now understand to be the dichotomy of having a control disorder that is out of control. This means that my core self and my OCD are in line.

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OCD Self-harm Therapist Mental Health 59

Community Care

MAY 20, 2024

At the moment there is a patchy picture of acceptance for neurodivergent social workers, those with conditions – or neurotypes – such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

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OCD Psychology Social Worker Disorder 62

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

One sibling with bipolar disorder and a parent with psychotic depression, neither one chronic. Schizo-affective disorder? Most cited depression and anxiety, my particular ailments, although there were plenty of other mood disorders in that room: bipolar, obsessive-compulsive, borderline personality disorder and more.

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Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52