OCD Face to Face

The Personal Experience

Updated 27-Aug-2016

Personal Web Pages

Almost all of these web sites were found using various web search engines. If you do not wish to have your page listed here (or if you want your page added), just let me know.

• Look Inside of OCD - is an outstanding collection of people's personal stories about their OCD. These stories, like the ones you'll find below, play an important role for individuals new to the OCD world - OCD sufferers learn that they are not alone when, as the maintainer says, they "read a description that resonates with them".

• The Quebec OCD Foundation has a small collection of personal testimonies, most available in both English and French translations.

• Sarah's Understanding OCD (UOCD) blew me away on my first visit: so much information on OCD and related disorders; so many annotated links to articles, papers, books, and other resources. And the personal stories, the humor, the poetry, the art, ... Wow! (Companion site on hoarding.)

• Atsilusgi's OCD Page - has her personal story and links to English- and German-language OCD web pages.
• C.W.O. a.k.a. Kaycee - some beautiful poetry and even a little OCD art.
• Cherry's OCD Website - "Working Together to Turn OCD Caterpillars into Butterflies!"
• Don't Blame Yourself for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Doubt and Other Disorders - the impressive home of "Doubtful", who suffers from OCD and addiction.
• The Doubting Disease - a brief description of the page owner's OCD and a few links.
• Eating Disorders & Obsessive Compulsive Disorders - Wendy S McWhorter-Finney explores the connection between these disorders.
• Greg Small - genealogy and model railroading - he's got all the bases covered! His wife, Marianne, suffers from OCD, has had numerous speaking engagements on the subject, and leads the Newmarket OCD Support Group.
• Lark of the Sky - suffers from OCD and panic disorder. A peaceful site.
• Lisa's Funky AD/HD Page - mostly ADHD, but mentions OCD; the guest book was interesting.
• Paul's Living with OCD (Wayback Machine) - now defunct.
• Paul Esmond's Long Nasty Trip - "Written by People With OCD for the Understanding of the Strange and Puzzling Disorder." An attempt at compiling a book of people's stories about their OCD. It is an admirable idea, although there is no indication of how much progress, if any, has been made on the book. (I originally bookmarked the page in 2004.)
• Mary's World - briefly describes her own OCD and includes a lengthy quote from a paper by Dr. Jim Chandler that gives you a good idea of the broad range of obsessions and compulsions experienced by people with OCD.
• My Obsessively Clean Den - Sani's web site includes her personal story, a discussion group, and a "poetry wall". (Sani's original, very colorful web site.)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Carolyn's OCD page includes information about OCD in children, a nice list of links, and an excellent poem by Dori.
• OCD Handbook (Wayback Machine) - a very professional-looking resource, out-of-date and now defunct, in four chapters: "The Basics" (general information about OCD), "The Other 40%" (for the 40% not helped by medication), "Side Effects of Medication", and "Broke & Uninsured" (getting help on a budget).
• OCD Haven - "Do you find your brain thinking about a million things all at once all the time?"
• OCD Hope - "May what has helped me encourage you!"
• OCD Insight - "Overcome by Christ the Divine: The Christian approach to OCD, other anxiety disorders & depression".
• OCD Panic Attack Support - a useful site devoted to these two anxiety disorders.
• OCD-Plus - "is intended to encourage sufferers to feel less alone by sharing experiences and creative accomplishments."
• OCD & Poetry - Kimberly's story of OCD, depression, and attempted suicide, told in prose and poetry, from a Christian perspective. Very moving.
• Rachel's Place
• Spread the Word - is an on-line organization dedicated to spreading the word about anxiety disorders, OCD, and depression.
• Surviving My Thoughts - is an excellent personal account of struggling with OCD and depression and of largely successful attempts to treat the two disorders with therapy and medications.
• Wiping The Crazy Off My Face - "Looking at my life through OCD colored glasses." Sher, humor, and great stories!

France

• TOCS.FR - "Bienvenue à tous sur ce site consacré aux Troubles Obsessionnels Compulsifs. Je ne suis pas médecin, encore moins psy, je suis juste une personne qui souffre de TOC. Je voulais à ma manière faire connaître cette maladie qui plonge les personnes qui en sont atteintes dans une réelle souffrance."

Sweden

• KBT - Kognitiv beteendeterapi - has a lot of information on cognitive behavioral therapy - in Swedish, of course!