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  • My wife has severe OCD. She has gotten to the point she has basically 0 symptoms now. Where before she couldn’t drive or leave the house. Here is what I’ve learned through our journey.

    • The repetitive actions are often caused by intrusive thoughts. My wife’s stemmed from actions that were tied to her morality, and her memory. Such as, she would drive around the block 5 times because she would have this thought, “What if you ran over a kid but you don’t remember it?” Which was the worse thing she could have done.
    • 90% percent of people with OCD are also neurodivergent, namely autistic. My wife wasn’t diagnosed with Autism until after her OCD diagnosis.







  • constnt@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.worldThe American Dream has lost its hustle
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    2 years ago

    Americans have been shown again and again that hard work doesn’t mean more pay. Add to that housing costs have risen to a level that has become unattainable to many even if you were to double their wages. You find yourself questioning why work beyond the minimum if all that stress and time loss means you are not getting any further in life than had you just done the bare minimum.