Scary Septembers
This week brought a renewed focus on the importance of tending to my mental health.
🧠 #105: Back to work
In this update, I share some good news about turning the page and starting a new chapter, and the therapy session that helped me do it.
🧠 #104: Distress tolerance homework
This week’s update shares about my therapist and me being symptomatic together, giving my wife a gift of flexibility, and a realization about feeling like I’m always being tested.
🧠 #103: Pipes and puzzles
After another challenging week, I share a positive spike, taking my kids and winning the organ, and the return of sudoku.
🧠 #102: Xanax & Dr Pepper
In this update, I share about a rescue med that works, ups and downs, and leveraging caffeine.
🧠 #101: Tapering off everything
This update shares the effects of changing medication (not good!), an uplifting chance for sketchnotes, and continuing a couple helpful practices.
✍🏻 ⛪️ General Conference Oct 22 Sketchnotes
As usual, General Conference was a great, uplifting weekend with the family. It worked out that I was able to capture sketchnotes for each session and I’m delighted to share them here.
🧠 #100: Hitting a milestone
In this momentous update, I share a low point forgetting a commitment, a reminder that I really do have OCD, and reflections on these weekly updates.
🧠 #99: Can’t get in
This update shares a vacation win, a vacation struggle, and a new sharing practice.
🧠 #97: Making friends
This week I share another step forward in my peacemaking with the monster that is OCD in my life.