Valentine’s Day vs OCD

I wonder if those suffering from severe OCD waste a second worrying about being single on Valentine’s Day? The funny thing about having OCD is that because your whole mind is consumed by obsessive thoughts, there is no space for the general stresses of life. But I would be single forever if it meant I could go back in time and delete OCD from my history.

A year ago, I was in a job I hated and the stress I was under had nothing to do with OCD. I was simply following the wrong career path in the wrong environment. Despite feeling incredibly tense and despondent, it still felt a lot better than ‘OCD Hell’. But because I was unhappy at work it made me unhappy with everything else in my life. So I was a useless boyfriend, a depressing friend and lost all enthusiasm for writing.

But your heart and soul always heal eventually and it’s important to keep on fighting for happiness and freedom from OCD. I thought about partying in Amsterdam this weekend but the flights and accommodation are so expensive because of Valentine’s Day. I haven’t been abroad since April 2007 and am desperate to see somewhere new but I don’t want to be conned into spending too much money just because of some naff weekend for lovers.

I don’t have too much to say this week, which I suppose is a good thing. As if I was under the grip of OCD then I would be filling hundreds of pages with cries for help and reassurance that this is OCD and not me.

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