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jessicawhippl17.bsky.social
I THINK I THINK A LOT bears the message that sometimes on the underside of something bad there is something good.

This photo proves that idea on the meta level...

#ocdawarenessweek #ocd #anxiety #kidlit #picturebook

@joseebisaillon.bsky.social @esckeyes.bsky.social @freespiritbooks.bsky.social
At left a journal with a smile on it. Text says how it started, the experiences that inspired the book. At right the book I think I think a lot and the text "how it's going." The author, a woman, site behind both.
October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
jessicawhippl17.bsky.social
It's #OCDAwarenessWeek so I'll share poet and author Jordan Scott's very kind blurb about I THINK I THINK A LOT. It's inspired by my own #OCD.

@joseebisaillon.bsky.social @freespiritbooks.bsky.social @esckeyes.bsky.social
Graphic that has this quote: "I think i think a lot is a powerful story of empathy, compassion, and acceptance. Whipple writes beautifully of OCD from a child's perspective and invites the reader into the intricacies of this world. I love this book so much because Whipple makes us think a lot, too, and we're so much better because of it. - Jordan Scott, poet and author of I talk like a river.
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
surreybabylab.bsky.social
This week is OCD Awareness Week! This week is centred around ensuring that individuals with OCD feel supported, and to disprove myths surrounding the mental illness.

#OCD #ocd #ocdawareness #ocdawarenessweek #OCDAwarenessWeek
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
mhealthuk.bsky.social
Many assume OCD is about liking cleanliness or order, but the reality is far more complex.

Obsessive compulsive disorder involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours that can cause significant anxiety and distress.

This #OCDAwarenessWeek, learn the facts 👉 bit.ly/3epgMJ7
Infographic with 'Perception of OCD' and 'Reality of OCD' depicting various misconceptions about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Icons include symbols for enjoying cleaning, needing things tidy, liking order, and being organised. Under the reality of OCD it lists the following along with icons to demonstrate "intrusive thoughts, fear of contamination, perfectionism, repeated counting, checking, hoarding, mental rituals, and repeated movements. The icons and text are on a blue background.
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
jessicawhippl17.bsky.social
#ocd #ocdawarenessweek

Feedback welcome. This is from 2023; thanks gor perhaps reading (or listening, because there's audio.)

pinehillsreview.com/2023/01/04/j...
“This Is What I’m Thinking at The Container Store” by Jessica Whipple
In my brain there’s a file marked “She Was Overwhelmed” and a subfolder titled “Lunch.” There’s also “Work,” “Disease,” “God,” and others. Like the cardboard box labeled “OCD,” this file is heavy. …
pinehillsreview.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
starrynightbb.bsky.social
was just reminded that it's #OCDawarenessweek !! it's a good time to bring this thread that i shared on Twitter + bsky back around
starrynightbb.bsky.social Starry🍉 | she/her @starrynightbb.bsky.social · Dec 3
OCD Awareness Thread🧵✨

Here’s a friendly reminder from ur local OCD bestie that OCD isn’t a cute & quirky trait that revolves around cleaning. OCD is debilitating. It’s a mental illness. It’s a disability. It’s a form of neurodivergence.
October 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
jessicawhippl17.bsky.social
#ocdawarenessweek happens in October so I'll be sharing a little here about my own experience having #OCD. I got to speak publicly at The Row House Forum in Lancaster, PA a few years ago about mental illness, fear, and hope. The full audio is in the next post.
A woman sitting in front of a small audience
October 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
lilsequatchie.bsky.social
yes, p3do ocd exists and yes, we should talk about it more so people who are dealing with it.. aren’t alone

#ocdawarenessweek
October 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
flarecares.bsky.social
It’s OCD Awareness Week! OCD isn’t about being clean. It’s about being stuck in a cycle you didn’t choose. 💚
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#OCDAwarenessWeek #OCD #MentalHealth
October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
rachelrcreates.bsky.social
Happened upon "Just Roll With It" at my library over a year ago. Had no idea I'd discover myself inside.

#Kidlit: You never know who you'll reach or at what age. Your story matters.

Libraries: Keep fighting the good fight! You're reaching us!

Maggie, Veronica, & Lee: Thank you.

#OCDAwarenessWeek
Drawing of me thanking Maggie, the MC from Just Roll With It. Cover of Just Roll With It, a graphic novel by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie
October 12, 2023 at 3:33 PM
isabellascarlett.bsky.social
Some OCD Awareness Week reminders:
- OCD isn’t just wanting perfection & cleanliness
- OCDers can’t just “get over it”
- OCD is not an adjective for non-OCDers to use
- OCD can impact many areas of one’s life

#OCDAwarenessWeek
October 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
psyche.co
In celebration of OCD Awareness Week, we're revisiting this Guide from the Psyche archive exploring some therapeutic techniques that can help one build psychological flexibility and cultivate more freedom #OCDAwarenessWeek
How to relax your own rules | Psyche Guides
Are you so strict with yourself that it’s become a burden? Gain freedom and flexibility with these therapeutic techniques
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October 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
rhysowainwilliams.bsky.social
It’s #OCDAwarenessWeek. Here’s a poem I wrote after being diagnosed with OCD a couple of years ago, originally published in Field’s issue on the theme of ‘control’.
Here's What Happens When You Enter a Black Hole. Of all the ways I’m afraid to die, falling into a black hole has become less of a concern in adulthood. I no longer fear the great void will open up at the end of my childhood street, a suburban supernova at the turn to Enfield Close. Instead, now I worry about cardiovascular disease, bomb plots, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Is my uneven skull harbouring brain tumours? The doctor says No. The night before another birthday, I find a cluster of grey hairs in my beard. My body still surprises me. Last week, it brought a deep splinter to the surface of my finger, presented it from the wound like a gift. Quietus enveloping his deathbed, the post-Christian poet Wallace Stevens sought Catholicism’s comforting embrace. Empty space will do that to you. For years after he died, my grandmother still played my grandfather’s lottery numbers. Now, each year, I retrace her Good Friday pilgrimage to the chip shop for battered cod. Bring her back too. But the dead people I know are far quieter than I’d like them to be. When the landing light pings on in the middle of the night, I know it’s just a malfunction in the switch. Once you reach a certain age, the appearance of a black hole above your house seems less likely. Still, one minute you can be taking washing down from the line, that mix of sun-dried polyester and fabric softener, and all of a sudden your stepfather has died all over again. I used to think the best way to control intrusive thoughts was to think them to death, follow each to their illogical conclusion. Now I try to let them pass by like trains in the night. Alight as soon as possible if one picks me up off-guard. But my mind is quite amusing really. Constantly ruminating upon death. Collecting its little trinkets without my permission. Would you laugh if I told you that Google Earth makes me anxious? That whole 3D world without people where you can plunge to the depths south of Newfoundland to see CGI rusticles hang from The Titanic’s hull. The News says that one treasure of the thawing permafrost is a mammoth bone. A petrified gift from those who roamed what were then Arctic grasslands. Just north, now, of Moscow’s pale moth flitting above the nuclear button’s flame. Of all the ways I’m afraid to die, falling into a black hole has become more of a concern in adulthood. External forces stretching me thinner than paper. The mirage of control disappearing, my narrative unravels. And just beyond the event horizon, each time seeming a little more ajar: the universe’s exit door. www.rhysowainwilliams.com. First published in Field #18.
October 18, 2024 at 1:20 PM
ttherapiesrdash.bsky.social
✨ It was only right that we showcased this incredible story on Feedback Friday for #OCDAwarenessWeek!

💬Struggling with symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)? Talking Therapies can help you: rdash.nhs.uk/services/nhs-talking-therapies
A green background has a dark blue design on top which includes lines on the top left and bottom right corners, a talking therapies speech bubble to the bottom left and stars to the top right. In the centre, a quote says I have OCD - untreated and undiagnosed for more than 40 years. This lead to severe anxiety and depression. I cannot speak highly enough of Talking Therapies at RDaSH, they were brilliant and I don't think I would be here now without them. Everyone is brilliant and so empathetic. I had 20 hours of CBT with a therapist who got my depression score from 90% down to about 10%.I now feel confident in handling my OCD and know I'm in control of it. Now, I'm a volunteer for Talking Therapies and want to tell as many people as I can that help is out there. Go to Talking Therapies - they saved my life. They can help you too, they really can!
October 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
kmunday.bsky.social
Where my autism and OCD overlap:

autisticltd.co.uk/2023/06/04/w...

#OCD #ActuallyOCD #OCDAwarenessWeek #OCDWeek #OCDTruths
Where my OCD and Autism overlaps
It can be difficult to tell Autistic and OCD experiences apart! Some may wonder why this matters, but to manage OCD intrusive thoughts and compulsions it’s of utmost importance to understand …
autisticltd.co.uk
October 13, 2023 at 6:49 PM
sane.org.uk
🧵 OCD Awareness Week Pt.2

If you need to reach support, SANEline services are here to support you 🫂

sane.org.uk/support

#OCDAwarenessWeek
October 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
therathrive.com
October 12-18th is OCD Awareness Week 🧠
OCD is misunderstood, and that misunderstanding can hurt. This #OCDWeek, let’s replace stigma with facts. 💚

#OCDAwarenessWeek #EndTheStigma #MentalHealthAwareness #TheraThrive #NeurodivergentSupport #OCD #OCDawareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence
October 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
hillcrestimpactdmv.bsky.social
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is more than a need to keep things organized; it is an intrusion of unwanted thoughts and fixation on performing actions to reduce anxiety caused by those thoughts.

https://hillcrest-dc.org/our-programs/

#OCDAwarenessWeek
October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
autisticrealms.bsky.social
An amazing well researched article that needs to be shared widely for #OCDAwarenessWeek

“OCD is not just a significant issue for Autistic young people, it is threatening their lives.”

more info @emergentdivergence.bsky.social @kmunday.bsky.social

emergentdivergence.com/2023/10/12/i...
It’s OCD Awareness Week and CAMHS are still failing Autistic young people - Emergent Divergence
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the most misunderstood mental health diagnoses that exists. Misrepresentation in the media and everyday vernacular means that OCD has come to be understoo...
emergentdivergence.com
October 13, 2023 at 12:57 AM
storycollider.bsky.social
Living with OCD can mean learning to let go — of control, of pressure, of perfection. This week on the podcast, Hannah Hedelius shares how opening up about her experience has helped her find connection, community, and even a little humor. 💙https://ow.ly/1TsZ50Xe6PJ

#OCDAwarenessWeek
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
elviscoimbragomes.bsky.social
#OCDAwarenessWeek! 25% of sufferers experience sexual intrusive thoughts. Numbers probably skewed due to taboo and reluctance to seek help!

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December 7, 2024 at 9:05 PM
storycollider.bsky.social
An improv group in her head. The theme? A thousand ways to die.
This #OCDAwarenessWeek, Rachel Hostetler shares how she realized her “grad school stress” was actually OCD — and what came next. Listen to the full story now 👉https://ow.ly/EVmc50Xe7ou

#OCDStories #MentalHealthMatters #BreakTheStigma
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
It’s OCD Awareness Week. In addition to living with OCD, I also write about it like in my new poetry book, Attic Rain 👇🏼👇🏽 I hope you spend time seeking out perspectives on OCD from folks with lived experience (doesn’t have to be me!).

#OCDAwarenessWeek #OCD #Poetry #CanLit
The poetry book Attic Rain by Samantha Jones standing on a wooden shelf with some line drawn electrical outlet stickers.
October 18, 2024 at 4:31 PM
autisticrealms.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing to support #OCDAwarenessWeek
Concise summary of OCD and ways to help support Autistic OCD people.
October 11, 2023 at 11:04 PM
paperflowerpsych.bsky.social
OCD isn’t about being “a little particular.”
It’s a real, treatable condition — and this week, we’re breaking the myths.
OCD Awareness starts with empathy and ends with action. 🌸
#ocdawarenessweek #mentalhealth #ocd
October 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM