“ Feelings are like blankets, covering you up so you can't see clearly, or like mazes you can too easily get lost inside. I am terrified of getting lost. Corey Ann Haydu
“ For years, I worked seven-day weeks, through birthdays and most public holidays, Christmases and New Year’s Eves included. I worked mornings and afternoons, resuming work after dinner. I remember feel… Antonella Gambotto-Burke
“ Gloria watched the swollen white orb of a hot-air balloon rising over Navy Pier and knew she had to break it off with Oliver, for he was the type who would never enjoy hot-air balloons, Van Morrison s… Andrea Kayne Kaufman
“ We all have our routines," he said softly."But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome that we can see and take some comfort from, or else they have no use at all. Without that, they are like… John Connolly
“ My reflection followed me mercilessly in mirrors, car doors, shop windows. I lived in a world of circus mirrors, the grotesque distortion of my body looking back at me everywhere. Bethany Pierce
“ This isn't normal. This isn't how normal people think. Fuck off, world- what the hell is normal anyway? Elizabeth Haynes
“ If you put the wrong foods in your body, you are contaminated and dirty and your stomach swells. Then the voice says, Why did you do that? Don't you know better? Ugly and wicked, you are disgusting to… Bethany Pierce
“ People with mental illnesses aren't wrapped up in themselves because they are intrinsically any more selfish than other people. Of course not. They are just feeling things that can't be ignored. Thing… Matt Haig
“ Often during writing, I am compelled by OCD to delete and rewrite a word or sentence over and over again. Abhijit Naskar
“ People with OCD including myself, realize that their seemingly uncontrollable behavior is irrational, but they feel unable to stop it. Abhijit Naskar
“ When I am fully immersed in my work of nourishing humanity, it fills my head with all kinds of feel-good chemicals, such as endorphins, serotonin and dopamine. Problems occur during the brief interval… Abhijit Naskar
“ It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its mor… William Paul Young
“ Officially, it is no more possible to be a little bit OCD than it is to be a little bit pregnant or a little bit dead. David Adam
“ To resist a compulsion with willpower alone is to hold back an avalanche by melting the snow with a candle. It just keeps coming and coming and coming. David Adam
“ The baby was warm against my chest. I knew I was broken too. I wasn't like other people. I was scared and weird and anxious and sad lots of the time, and I didn't know why. My parents thought I was ab… Kenneth Oppel
“ Mind over matter represents the triumph of will over physical hindrance. Our thoughts are our weapon against the world. David Adam
