Posts Tagged ‘OCD’
Fun with Fred: Life with OCD and Hoarding, A Humorous Memoir
Fun with Fred: Life with OCD and Hoarding, A Humorous Memoir is Leslie Robinson‘s courageous, wry, generously-shared self-examination of her life as a lesbian woman enduring OCD and hoarding disorder. It’s my hope, and I believe hers, that her unflinching look at her weaknesses, strengths, setbacks and triumphs might lend courage to other people struggling…
Read MoreSpring is Gonna have Sprung
I don’t know what it is about March and April but I get dizzy with blossoming conferences and seminars, every year. This year: March 4 – 5, the Online Hoarding Disorder Conference of the International OCD Foundation March 10, the Connecticut Women’s Consortium’s Buried In Treasures: The Nature and Treatment of Hoarding Disorder with David…
Read MoreI am not a diagnostician
I’ve taken classes on hoarding cleaning-out techniques. I work with people in treatment for ADD. I work with people in treatment for OCD. I’ve worked with people suffering from dementia. I NEVER DIAGNOSE. I am not a clinician, not a therapist, not a doctor, not a diagnostician of any kind. The closest I can…
Read MoreOHMIGOSH
OHMIGOSH. I find refreshment in the oddest places. I spent the morning of Saturday 8/15/2020 at the International OCD Foundation‘s Online Hoarding Meeting and I walked away inspired, invigorated and hopeful. There are sooooooooooo many people who care trying to find answers about this illness. And so many resources I didn’t know about for people…
Read MoreInternational OCD Foundation Conference 2020 will be in Seattle
The Annual OCD Conference informs and empowers the OCD community by bringing together health professionals, researchers, individuals with OCD, and their loved ones, with the goal of educating all attendees about the latest treatments, research, and practice in OCD and related disorders. Thursday July 30, 2020 – Sunday August 2, 2020 www.ocd2020.com The Annual Hoarding…
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