Personal… The Fog of War 23 Sep 2020 We face a lot of problems today. Some are holdovers from prior generations, others are unique to the modern world. A major part of me still believes that people, in…
Mental Health… An Escapist’s Tale of OCPD (or What Makes a Good Man?) 10 Jul 2020 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…
Mental Health… Anxiety or COVID? Advice from Someone with Medical Anxiety 20 Mar 2020 One cannot downplay the seriousness of the situation. We have a novel virus spreading like wildfire among our communities right now in addition to all of the normal and other…
Mental Health… Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety 13 Jan 2020 People with anxiety know the pattern well. A thought occurs, then another and another. One's mind unwittingly goes down a rabbit hole of progressively unreasonable thoughts with the same subtlety…
Mental Health… OCPD Plus Social Anxiety Disorder and Introversion Equals…? 18 Apr 2019 Today we are going to look at three areas that I have covered previously, but specifically where they intersect. That intersection is the melancholy corner of "I have a ton…
Mental Health… An Open Letter to My Twitter Followers (and Some Insight Into Mental Health) 21 Feb 201914 Mar 2019 Before I get to the specifics of why I felt compelled to write this piece, we need to reach a mutual understanding about something. Mental health disorders are not rational.…
Mental Health… An OCPD Take on Morality, Introversion, and Social Anxiety 18 Feb 201914 Mar 2019 I was in the passenger seat of the car, driving in front of a Target. The lot was just wide enough for three cars in front of the store, as…
Mental Health… Living With OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) 24 Oct 201814 Mar 2019 Ugh, pop culture. Let's get rid of this right out of the gate. OCPD is not OCD. Obessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an obsessive-compulsive disorder along with body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder,…
Mental Health You Are Mentally Ill 11 Jun 201818 Dec 2019 I have covered this in prior entries, but to recap quickly I have lived with obsessive compulsive personality disorder and generalised anxiety disorder my entire life. I have had bouts…
