The Home for Writers with Neurological Conditions
Editor and Founder Vrinda Pendred discusses the news, negativity, and OCD I think we can all agree that it’s been a pretty crazy year – a year that the news / media have recorded meticulously, one way or another, to ensure that we can’t get away from what’s happening. As someone with OCD, I have […]
Editor and Founder Vrinda Pendred discusses peeling back the layers of OCD to see what lies at the source of our obsessions – and how to overcome them. Last time, we talked about what it’s like to have OCD as a child, and some ways to recognise if your child has it. At the end […]
Editor and Founder Vrinda Pendred discusses what it’s like to be a child with OCD, and examples of things to look out for in your child Welcome back! Last time, we talked about what OCD really is, versus the media stereotypes, and I promised we’d spend the coming months exploring this subject further. This time, […]
Editor and Founder Vrinda Pendred discusses what OCD really is, the key categories of obsessions / compulsions, and identifying the roots of your obsessions Following on from our series on Tourette’s Syndrome, now we’re going to look at a related condition that often comes alongside Tourette’s, or you can have it all on its own: […]
Editor & Founder Vrinda Pendred shares a letter written to her local MP urging attention to be given to child & adolescent mental health. So far in this series on Tourette’s Syndrome, we have discussed what Tourette’s is, the causes and triggers, key medications (including anti-depressants), as well as alternative treatments, such as diet and […]
Editor and Founder Vrinda Pendred discusses when we should show patience and understanding – and when enough is enough. Friends and long-time readers will know I’m an advocate of learning and understanding, when it comes to neurological conditions. Those closer to me will also know my strong anti-abuse stance, and I’d like to take a […]
Editor Vrinda Pendred shares the importance of being entirely yourself, in all your relationships. I’ve been with my husband twelve years, now, and we have a lively nine-year-old son. Things are good for us – very good. But for a long time, they weren’t, because aside from the usual issues of growing up, money problems […]
Sometimes openness is necessary to promote awareness and hope for others. Sometimes your journey is meant not to be hidden and kept secret out of fear of judgement, but instead be shared. I admit it’s uncomfortable and a bit frightening, but I have a great passion for erasing the stigma that surrounds mental illness and […]
Recently, a ‘Check Mate’ of mine sent a bunch of us a group message saying they were struggling to cope on their own and needed help. Around the same time, another friend made a public announcement that he had lost a loved one. Dozens of people flocked to show support. Some of us (like me!) […]
When I was 11, my father went on holiday to Mexico City and brought back too many photographs, a Mayan calendar coin inside of a glass pyramidal paperweight, and a story about the Mayan calendar coming to an end on the winter solstice, 2012. No one knew I had OCD at that time. If they […]