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From Living with OCD to Working with it

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The author Natalia Aniela Aíza My journey as an OCD therapist (and what I have yet to learn). By middle school, my compulsive cutting had morphed into stealing. My OCD version of shoplifting – the same item from the same store at the same time of day, every day – obviously got me caught. Being less-than feels unsafe.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

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My husband, a full-time high school math teacher, as well as an amateur but accomplished musician, had just come back from a practice session and found me sitting up in bed. I've been a strong and purposeful writer all my life and had kept journals since junior high school. I’m self-employed,” I started. It was my turn next.