OCD Archives - A blog about life on the spectrum https://kaiskjold.com/tag/ocd/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:05:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 152266933 When Therapy Goes Wrong https://kaiskjold.com/2021/07/05/when-therapy-goes-wrong/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:30:00 +0000 http://kaiskjold.com/?p=1739 How often have you gone to some specialist because you needed help, only to be reduced to a questionnaire? If all it takes to diagnose someone or decide what support is needed is to fill out a form, why aren’t we all doing it on our own? The person asking the questions really doesn’t know if we are lying or …

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]]> 1739 How Not To Be Seen https://kaiskjold.com/2019/03/29/how-not-to-be-seen/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:11:36 +0000 http://kaiskjold.com/?p=809 My whole life I struggled to hide in plain sight, but since my diagnosis I have struggled to be seen. It’s odd to experience how trying to hide can make you stand out and how trying to be seen can make you ignored. At least, that is how it has felt to me. About two weeks ago I started something …

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]]> 809 Let’s Just Start with Who I Am https://kaiskjold.com/2018/10/02/lets-just-start-with-who-i-am/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:11:17 +0000 http://kaiskjold.com/?p=189 Connecting with others is beautiful and amazing, but for some us, it doesn’t come easy at all. I never understood how to do that. I always wanted to, and I did everything I could think of to connect with someone – anyone – else. No surprise, but true connection doesn’t exist if you are not being yourself. I wasn’t. I …

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