Meet IOCDF Advocate Caroline! Caroline shares the reasons why she became an IOCDF Advocate. Learn more about our advocate program. My name is Caroline and I’m an IOCDF advocate! After attending… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Awareness & Advocacy
10 Ways to Be an OCD Advocate
At the IOCDF, we get many inquiries from folks who either have OCD, love a person with OCD, or treat a person with OCD, who want to know what they… Read more »
Why I Became an Advocate: Molly Fishback
Meet IOCDF Advocate Molly Fishback! Through art, Molly shares the reasons why she became an IOCDF Advocate. Learn more about our advocate program. “I’m sharing my story to let others know… Read more »
Why I Became an Advocate: Melanie Lefebvre
Meet IOCDF Advocate Melanie Lefebvre! She shares about finding her voice and becoming an IOCDF Advocate. Learn more about our advocate program. “I used to keep silent. Now, I speak up… Read more »
Community Highlights: “OCD to Me” by Ryan Bernstein
Ryan Bernstein is a senior in high school. He is a youth advocate for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) having lived with it for many years. He is the author of… Read more »
Why you should support our Pediatric Campaign 4 Hope
Children with OCD experience so many barriers, whether it be in finding treatment, having qualified profession to treat the symptoms, educational attainment and issues in school, or just fitting in…. Read more »
Announcing the Launch of Anxiety in the Classroom
We are pleased to announce the launch of Anxiety in the Classroom, our brand new online resource focusing on anxiety and OCD in the school setting. Whether you work within… Read more »
Inspiring Others to Share Stories
By Ryan Bernstein, author of OCD to Me: An Anthology of Anxieties I used to let my OCD control most of what I did. I worried about everything. I worried… Read more »
Advocacy Reaching New Heights with the IOCDF Ambassador Program
By Ethan S. Smith, IOCDF National Ambassador The 25th Annual OCD Conference in Washington D.C. was an amazing event with a record-breaking 1,977 attendees from 19 countries! This Conference, more… Read more »
The fiction of OCD
By Natalie Rompella 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… Read more »