In this article, the author shares their journey with obsessive-compulsive disorder following distressing events that led to a mental health diagnosis. They recount specific instances from their past, revealing neurotic behaviors and health anxieties that plagued their life. Now on medication and undergoing therapy, the author contemplates whether to share their mental health experiences with friends and family. With a new sense of understanding about their compulsions, they weigh the benefits of transparency against the desire to move forward unburdened by the past.
After a series of unsettling events and a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the author reflects on past neurotic behaviors and questions whether to share his experience with loved ones.
With medication and therapy, the author revisits behaviors of his past, wondering if he should explain his mental health journey to those around him.
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