Anxiety… The Ambages – How a Fictional Family Became the Cornerstone of My Mind 21 Oct 2022 Ambage: noun - an archaic term for intentional ambiguity or indirect ways or proceedings (usually presented as the plural "ambages"; Middle English via French and Latin) Intentional ambiguity is not…
OCPD To Yield or Not to Yield: OCPD and Debate 22 Apr 2022 We open on a paved road - could be residential, could be in a shopping plaza. The roadway is wide enough for three standard size cars to drive parallel. Maybe…
Mental Health… OCPD, Whataboutism, and Professionalism 25 Mar 2022 One of my recent posts mentioned that I have struggled professionally because every time I investigate a field of interest and learn "how the sausage gets made" I become disgusted.…
Anxiety… One Death: How One Event Shaped My Anxiety and OCPD 21 Mar 2022 TW: death I feel like I learned the truth about death far too late in life, a combination of natural insulation from the subject and a consequence of my social…
OCPD Putin Broke My OCPD 26 Feb 202225 Feb 2022 My life is largely a balancing act between two mental health issues. On the one hand is my social and generalised anxiety, and that drives me to be a people…
OCPD OCPD Versus Conservatism 16 Aug 2021 I tend to side with the liberal/Democrat perspective of the argument. The reason behind it is simple and, if I'm being honest, biased: my OCPD. Allow me to explain. Conservatives…
Anxiety… Mental Health and Sexuality 9 Aug 20219 Aug 2021 We need to begin this post with a pure truth: definitions describe; they do not prescribe. Some definitions are by their nature comparative. For example, I could describe myself as…
Anxiety… My Mental Health Diagnoses 16 Jun 202115 Jun 2021 Today is a more clinical post. While this blog explores the nature of living with mental health issues on a personal, anecdotal level, I thought I would take one post…
OCPD One Man’s OCPD: An Atheist’s* Faith 11 Jun 202114 Mar 2022 This blog addresses the topic of OCPD frequently and often with anecdotes to highlight the lived experience of the disorder. The thing about OCPD though, like many mental illnesses, is…
OCPD An Escapist’s Tale of OCPD (or What Makes a Good Man?) 10 Jul 202010 Jun 2021 I have memories of walking around my college campus before evening class in the autumn. I was still using a portable CD player, and my regulars at the time were…