The Home for Writers with Neurological Conditions
As someone who took various medications for three years and experienced SEVERE side effects that have emotionally scarred me even ten years on…and the drugs didn’t even work (!)…and as someone who instead went the psychology/therapy route and tried to understand more about myself and my difficulties, to come to a point of acceptance and […]
For far too long, OCD has remained largely misunderstood and misrepresented around the world. Stitched together in this collection of fiction and poetry is a literary patchwork of OCD insights, each offering the unique wisdom and intimacy of personal experience. What a wonderful opportunity this book presents readers looking to understand such a complex and multifaceted […]
I’m sure we’ve all heard about the link between disorders such as autism/ADD and allergies to wheat and dairy. We’ve heard about the Glycaemic Index and making sure our blood-sugar levels are balanced. But how many of us are ready to put these ideas into practice in our daily lives? I, for one, have turned […]
Much in line with Thomas Hartmann’s inspirational book ADD: A Different Perception, in the January/February 2010 edition of Scientific American Mind Paul W Andrews and J Anderson Thomson, Jr put forth the notion that depression is the result of millions of years of evolution…and can actually be quite beneficial to us. The theory goes: depression […]
In the January / February 2010 edition of ‘Scientific American Mind’, there is an article entitled From Throat to Mind: The case for strep throat-induced mental illness grows stronger. It discusses the much debated theory that conditions such as Tourette’s, OCD, Autism and ADHD are the result of autoimmune responses to strep infections in childhood. […]
This powerful collection offers readers a rare and intimate glimpse into the mind of those who struggle with OCD. We hope this book contributes to a sense of community for those in their journey with OCD, as well as help to educate those who want to better understand what it is like to live with OCD. […]
OCD Week events are filling up fast – Book now to avoid disappointment… OCD Week (6th – 13th February 2010) is a week of engaging, informing and inspiring events for people affected by OCD. We will be running a series of on-line seminars, a host of awareness raising events and two major conferences; London (6th Feb) and Manchester (13th Feb). […]
Temple Grandin is an incredible inspiring woman with High-Functioning Autism. We highly recommend reading her book ‘Thinking in Pictures’ – insightful, educational and beautiful. Read about this new TV movie here: http://ow.ly/STW6 Buffer
Jonas Altberg – a.k.a. Swedish dance act Basshunter and also a ‘tourettic’. Listen to his inspirational BBC interview about life with the condition – and for the record, he happens to take the same view to Tourette’s as we do. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/07/basshunter_tourettes.shtml] Buffer
Here are two fantastic original illustrations by our OCD artist Stephen Leaver, taken from Check Mates, now available on Amazon and Amazon Kindle. To accompany the poem ‘In a Shell’ written by ‘Sad Clown’ To accompany the story ‘Why You Run’ written by E. I. Muse Buffer