PLEASE NOTE: This blog post includes mention of suicidality. If you are in a crisis, or you are ever feeling suicidal or unsafe, please go to your local emergency room, or… Read more »
Finding Sacred Space Beyond the Thuds
By Kristen Pagacz This is a true story of a recent life experience. When I look back on it, it’s a great metaphor for living one’s life with the distraction…
2023 Events Call for Proposals—Researcher & Exhibitor Meet and Greet at the Annual OCD Conference
We are also excited to announce the return of our 8th Annual IOCDF Research Symposium and Poster Sessions! Applications for proposals will open on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. IOCDF Research…
2023 Research Grant Program Call for Proposals
Since 1994, the IOCDF has awarded almost $11 million to researchers through our Research Grant Program. To continue improving scientific and clinical understanding of OCD and related disorders, we are…
5 Minutes With My Pre-Therapy Self
By Katy Marciniak Lately I’ve been thinking about the person I was a few years back when I finally stumbled into the right therapist’s office, after years of not quite… Read more »
Shaun Flores: A man with a mission to change representation in OCD
My name is Shaun Daniel Carl Flores, UK-based and 28 years old. I am a mental health activist and advocate especially for those with OCD. My OCD diagnosis earlier this… Read more »
Why I Walk: Hannah Zidansek
Walk with members of the OCD and related disorders community across the nation this October at a One Million Steps for OCD Walk. Find a walk happening near you and… Read more »
Why We Walk: The Donnelly Family
Get ready to walk with members of the OCD Community across the nation this June and October at the One Million Steps for OCD event near you – including the… Read more »
Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You!
Wow… I find myself saying that word a lot these days. What we at the IOCDF thought would be a modest community walk that would gradually grow over time has been just the opposite: The response from the OCD and related disorder community to the 1 Million+ Steps 4 OCD Awareness Walk has been overwhelming!
Countdown to the 1 Million + Steps 4 OCD Awareness Walk — 1 Month to Go
We are just one short month away from the 1st annual 1 Million+ Steps 4 OCD Awareness Walk, and we have already raised over $16,000 towards our goal! If you have already registered to walk or have donated, THANK YOU for your amazing fundraising efforts. We still have ways to go to meet our goal, though, so if you haven’t yet signed up — now is the time! Whether you can make it to Boston on June 8th, or you can join us remotely by walking in your own community — we want you to be a part of this event.