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Goodnight 🌙 ✨

Credit: Solitary Retreat

Thank you OCD Louisiana, for your thoughtful gift, with a reminder to embrace uncertainty. It arrived on World Kindness Day. I put it right to work. 💛

If you liked the movie “Inside Out,” you’ll be excited to learn that “Inside Out 2” is coming out next year with a new emotion: ANXIETY

‘Inside Out 2’ Trailer: Pixar Introduces New Emotion, Anxiety Pixar's "Inside Out 2," the sequel to 2015's "Inside Out," has released a trailer.

A HUGE thank you goes out to author Kerry Osborn for VERY generously donating copies of her memoir to be gifted to ten of our members.

****WINNERS POST****
If you see your name here, you have won a copy of Kerry Osborn’s book, “Obsessive Outsider!” Congratulations to all! Please message your address to our page and it will be forwarded to the author by us. If you did not win but would still like a copy, the Amazon link is provided below.
Emily Jane, Daeinara Lea, Lora Kenny, Shelly Mattson, Gracie Biswell, Lynn N Ben Morris, Anne Sawyer, Teresa Toomey, Vikki Simola, Christy Edwards Graves. (Tagging did not work well.) Again, FB /META is not responsible for or involved in this giveaway.

The Obsessive Outsider: One woman's journey from severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to a life lived abundantly https://a.co/d/2mMeRMn

Take a baby step forward.
It’s ok to wait until Monday. But get ready, Monday is coming. You can do it. 🍂

Words from my book The Strength That Stays 🌹

Once the event or situation is over with, you will find that the anxiety leading up to it, blew it all out of proportion, and it ended up being much easier than you anticipated. 🥲

OCD Baylor College of Medicine Study option
To participate, please scan the QR code or visit:
https://bcmpsych.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUeP1Mhm7R8eGKW

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Credit: Color Me Happii

Are you familiar with
The Little Heart Project?
It was started with the intent of spreading hope & love while also trying to bring awareness to su***de & su***de prevention – one heart at a time! Anyone can get involved by making and randomly distributing hearts to be found by passers by. Vist the FB link above or website found on the FB page for more information.

If you’re struggling, please know that you’re not alone. Help is available.

Sounds promising for OCD..

A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD A device in her brain delivers jolts of electricity when it detects abnormal neural activity associated with obsessive thoughts.

This is happening in south Florida in 10 days!

10 days away! Please come join the OCD Central and South Florida and our amazing sponsors Compassionate Healing Institute , Institute & Caron Treatment Centers at the 'Obsession' Art Exhibit & Auction.

This event is an exhibition of original works of art created by individuals with OCD themselves, individuals with loved ones who suffer from OCD, or clinicians who work with it. The pieces are extremely powerful expressions of their personal experience. The event is completely open to the public, at no-cost, and will offer light bites and entertainment. We are trying to raise awareness and funds for this important cause. The registration QR code is on the attached flyer.

Do you have a child ages 10-17 with OCD? Follow the link below to fill out a survey on emotion regulation and health behaviors in children with OCD aged 10-17 by the UCLA Child OCD Program.

https://uclahs.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9yKAYcCeizKpzeK

He was diagnosed during the pandemic, but symptoms were around for as long as he could remember.

What’s It Like Being a DJ With OCD? Spencer Brown on the Diagnosis That Helped Him Understand Himself & His Art The producer’s new album, Equanimity, captures the lessons Brown has learned from his obsessive compulsive disorder diagnosis.

From our friends over at Anxious Toddlers to Teens: Parenting Survival for All Ages