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I had such a nice response to my Huffington Post piece on the Girls episode about Hannah’s relapse of OCD that I just had to write about it! It’s on the International OCD Foundation’s blog.

I was thrilled to see that Free Spirit Publishing has added a page about my book to their website! It still won’t be out until October, but it’s exciting to see that it’s moving along. I can’t wait until I can share it with all of you. Being Me with OCD: How I Learned to…

Ugh! Another person has diagnosed herself as OCD. Carrie Underwood said in a recent interview that she “is OCD about time.” It’s frustrating enough when anyone claims to “be OCD,” but Carrie is a huge celebrity and this will gain some attention. As tiring as it can be, I’ll never stop telling people that the…

The following essay was originally published on The Huffington Post on March 7, 2013. In the latest episode of Girls, we learned that Lena Dunham’s character, Hannah, has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). As someone with OCD, I find it refreshing to see this often misunderstood illness portrayed in a realistic way on an acclaimed television show.…