Beautiful Voyager

JULY 5, 2023

The author Natalia Aniela Aíza My journey as an OCD therapist (and what I have yet to learn). My OCD version of shoplifting – the same item from the same store at the same time of day, every day – obviously got me caught. If I put my therapist hat on, I am able to identify my current OCD as “ego-syntonic.”

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OCD Self-harm Therapist Mental Health 59

Beautiful Voyager

MAY 25, 2022

Looking back now I know that was a small, insidious part of my own brain developing the OCD I was eventually diagnosed with when I was 24. He referred me to a psychiatrist and he diagnosed me with OCD. This self hatred developed into a type of self-harm I didn’t at the time consider self-harm.

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OCD Self-harm Mental Health Therapist 98

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

I was self-employed and wondered if this hiatus would have an effect on my income and reputation. I’ve had worsening fantasies of harming or killing myself and I haven’t been able to get rid of them. I’m self-employed,” I started. By now my confusion had started to clear. It was my turn next. I’m Lori,” I said. “I A challenge?”

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52