By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who love and thrive being around people, and those who find it exhausting. I have always been the one who is the life of a party. I am loud and constantly seeking for attention or looking for a laugh. As a teenager who had anxiety […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD
When I was 17 or 18 I was having a rough month in my OCD thoughts so I scheduled an appointment with my therapist who I had not seen in years. When I went into his office we talked and caught up and he asked me what was going on inside my head. I told […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD
In the last post, I talked about how you can’t just sit still and hope that depression and anxiety goes away but rather you have to get up and do something about it. Depending on the severity of the mental illness those steps will vary, but the step of love is absolutely essential for overcoming […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD
Being one who constantly deals with OCD thoughts, I am pained when I hear people say in casual conversation that one can just snap out of mentally ill thoughts – as if the person enjoys drowning in their irrational thoughts and can just jump out of those thoughts immediately. Now, as much as I hate […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD
The OCD I struggle with is I have a hard time believing I am a good person. It is difficult to explain and put into words and it wouldn’t do any good to go into detail, but I often feel like I am worse than what I really am. The feeling of worthlessness and constant […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD , Uncategorized
You have heard the corny phrase that time is the best healer? Well… it’s the truest sentence that has ever been uttered from human lips. From personal experience, it has been true with breakups, with failed tests, with the loss of a sports game and, yes, even with mental illness! When I am asked to […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD
If you are just starting this series on this post, please be sure to check out any previous articles in this series. Hope. Probably one of the most powerful feelings we have as human beings. Hope is what keeps us going from today to tomorrow. It keeps dreams alive. It gives us the feeling that […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | OCD
There is an amazing beauty about being able to empathize with others. Why? Because we like to know that those whom we look up to are human as well. When others are vulnerable with us, we become vulnerable to them which allows us to be more open to listen to their advice. However, this is […]
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By StarGuides Wilderness Staff | Game Addiction Help , Gaming Addiction , Gaming And Social Media Addictions , Video Game Addiction
Recently we stumbled upon an article from CNN written back in 2012 entitled “5 warning signs of gaming addiction”. One of the leaders in that field is Dr. Han Doug-hyun, from Chung-Ang University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea’s capital. Han’s research lab treats people who are addicted to games using techniques similar to those used […]
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