Obsessions and compulsions are terribly upsetting and confounding. But when disorder criteria are met – obsessive-compulsive disorder – life can become a nightmare. Our guest-post writer, Jason, shares his forty-year experience with what he calls hell on earth…

Our guy looks friendly, doesn’t he? Downright welcoming, if you ask me. Could you refuse his gesture? I’d shake his hand, even if I knew we disagreed on the issues of the day. If you’d take him up on his offer, maybe we’re the exception. Sadly, I’m beginning to think so…

Not appearing in a diagnostic manual doesn’t make a disorder any less real and potentially crippling. And who knows? Said disorder may windup in a text revision or new edition. That may well apply to what we’re discussing today: borderpolar…

If you want to do all you can to manage your mood or anxiety disorder, having a safe place to share, learn, compare notes, and chat is huge. There’s just something about interacting with people in the same boat. That is, people who can help you and to whom you can offer assistance…