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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

Category: ocd diaries

A Beginner’s Guide to OCD

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A Note on Intrusive Thoughts and the Internet

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Happiness is Fleeting (And I’m Good With That)

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Why I Won’t Shut Up About Mental Health

You know, back when this blog first started, it was a quaint little place, wasn’t it? Moaning about TV shows, books, the occasional Deadpool movie. And since I’ve started it (nine years ago this year, somehow), I’ve changed so much of the direction of the content here – and a lot of it now revolves around mental health and mental illness.

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The Story of Being Mentally Ill

Hi, I’m Lou, and I had a great childhood!

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A Hypochondriac’s Guide to Hypochondria

So, a few months ago, I wrote An Insomniac’s Guide to Insomnia. And, with everything going in the world right now, I figured that it’s only time that I come down from on high to deliver to you my Hypochondriac’s Guide to Hypochondria.

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In Pursuit of Perfection (And Why I’ve Given Up On It)

For a really long time, I committed my life to what I saw as the pursuit of perfection.

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Trisha Paytas, Mental Illness, and the Self-Diagnosis Debate

A few days ago, Trisha Paytas released a video. The internet’s most dedicated full-time troll, it’s not exactly as though she’s a stranger to controversy, but this video hit that internet sweet-spot and soon blew up in a big cloud of outrage. In it, Paytas claimed to have Disassociative Identity Disorder (DID), which, she mentioned, she had diagnosed herself.

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An Asshole’s Guide to Not Hating Yourself

Hi! I’m Louise, and I’m an asshole.

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Sorry to Bother You

First and foremost, and since you asked: Yes! The title of this postĀ isĀ a reference to the amazing movie by Boots Riley that was out last year! Go watch it! Already! Please!

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