A safe space for women to feel less alone with OCD
You are not alone in thisWriting on intrusive thoughts, our cycles, triggers, and the slow work of learning to live beside OCD instead of at war with it. One woman's honest account, for the women who need to hear it.
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OCD and overeating
one girl's honest take on OCD, food and self-forgivenessThis is a more vulnerable post of mine, but I think it's important for me to share. I've recently noticed that when I'm spiralling and feel the need to do a compulsion, all of a sudden I get so hungry. I think it's my way of trying to feel better, or distract myself, and it has never once worked in my favour.
Read the full pieceOCD through a woman's lens
At 15 I was hit with a severe subtype of OCD known as POCD. Coming out the other side changed my entire view on mental health, and made me want to help other women realise you are not your thoughts.
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I've heard so many people say "just sit with the urge to compulse and it'll fade within minutes." That's definitely not the case for everyone. Sometimes that need lasts for days, and eventually it passes, or at least gets easier to sit with. Everyone with OCD is different, there's no rulebook.
Drinking green & mint tea has helped significantly with my mood, skin and headspace recently. I highly recommend them. Teas are magic 🧚🏼♀️
More about me
hellooo, I'm TygaOriginally from the UK, now living in Mexico for over four years now. OCD took over a huge portion of my life at 15, and since then I've moved through several different subtypes, some far harder than others.
Slowly, with the support of my incredible mother, my friends, and my therapist, I've learned to live beside my OCD in a way that actually works for me. Recovery for me isn't about erasing OCD, it's about learning to live alongside it.
It's been one of the hardest things I've lived through, but it's also taught me so much, and it's what led me to want to help other women, and shine a light on how OCD and mental health show up differently for us specifically.
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