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Tips For Submitting a Proposal to Speak at the OCD Conference

Posted December 13, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

Are you interested in presenting at the next Annual OCD Conference? The 25th Annual OCD Conference will take place this July in Washington D.C., and we will soon begin accepting submissions for… Read more »

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Submit Your Proposal to Speak at the Annual OCD Conference!

Posted December 13, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

We are now accepting proposals for workshops, evening events, support groups, and the Keynote Address for our 25th Annual OCD Conference to be held in Washington D.C., on July 27-29,… Read more »

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Healing of a Broken Girl with a Broken Soul

Posted December 13, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

This story is part of our blog series called “Stories from the OCD Community.”  Stories from the community are submitted and edited by Toni Palombi. If you are interested in… Read more »

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Succeeding Despite OCD

Posted December 5, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

This story is part of our blog series called “Stories from the OCD Community.”  Stories from the community are submitted and edited by Toni Palombi. If you are interested in… Read more »

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Join Us in Spreading Messages of Hope this Holiday Season

Posted November 29, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

It’s time to spread some holiday cheer! The holidays can be a hard time for those struggling to manage OCD and related disorders.  Something as simple as a card and… Read more »

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Lucky Number 7: by Wendy Schlining

Posted November 15, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

This story is part of our blog series called “Stories from the OCD Community.”  Stories from the community are submitted and edited by Toni Palombi. If you are interested in… Read more »

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You Are Not Your Thoughts

Posted November 10, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

This story is part of our blog series called “Stories from the OCD Community.”  Stories from the community are submitted and edited by Toni Palombi. If you are interested in… Read more »

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Tags: awareness, depression, mental illness stigma, OCD

OCD can be a lonely path. Let’s find our way. Together: by Ryan Bernstein

Posted November 6, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

Looking back, I was surprised I’d survived at all. The summer after third grade I wouldn’t eat because I was too anxious. In fourth grade, I spent one hundred and… Read more »

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How The Media Gets OCD All Wrong—UK Based Podcast Helps OCD Sufferers Find Recovery

Posted November 2, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

In the podcast series, The OCD Stories, founder Stuart Ralph discusses how the media often gets Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) wrong with Hollywood writer, producer, and OCD sufferer, Harris Goldberg. Goldberg… Read more »

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Filed under: Advocacy, Awareness & Advocacy, OCD Awareness Week, OCD in the Media, Press Release

In Search of Light

Posted November 1, 2017 by International OCD Foundation

This story is part of our blog series called “Stories from the OCD Community.”  Stories from the community are submitted and edited by Toni Palombi. If you are interested in… Read more »

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Tags: awareness, mental illness stigma, OCD, personal story, suicide

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