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Conor Sharkey on Rugby, Life, and OCD

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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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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). 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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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

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My journal was my first therapist, where I recorded frustration, anxiety and depression. I was self-employed and wondered if this hiatus would have an effect on my income and reputation. I’ve been at Thompson for over six years as a therapist,” Kathy started. I’m self-employed,” I started. No one left. So,” he started.