“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” ― Emily Dickinson — they are not you my therapist says okay i say nodding a lie i don’t know what she means ever feel …
Thoughts and facts
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery — I am in therapy My OCD official Too many confined deliberations in my brain cap She …
Panic attack
“Fear is the mind-killer.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune — Yesterday In the sleepy evening On the solid sidewalk I liquefied Swallow Swallow the tears Inhale Inhale the forest of terror Poured the …
Living with OCD; the thoughts
“OCD is not a disease that bothers; it is a disease that tortures.” ― J.J. Keeler, I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands: The Other Side of OCD — No, I don’t wash my hands …
The cavity that never ends
“Carrying all of these thoughts is downright heavy.” ― Corey Ann Haydu, OCD Love Story I tried to get creative. To take the prompt word cavity, and carve out an unrelated post with a …
Escaping my thoughts
“Illness is a story told in the past tense.” ― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down The following is a part of my “emotional diary” from a few years ago. At the time …
Turtles all the way down; a spiral
“The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.” ― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down Dear John Green, Thank you. For …