OCD

Here to fill your waking hours w/uncertainty. You think you might harm that baby? Maybe you will. You worried you might get sick? You might. #OCD #FBR #Resist

[OCD @OCDYouAndMe]

Disclaimer: Any exposure that involves other people should be planned so that others are not caught off guard by your behaviors. And always be safe.

I am not a professional, but I know many helpful exposures. Consult your doctor before engaging in Exposure Response Prevention.

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

My agent and I are trying to come up with a better title for my YA novel about a teen with OCD in an eight-week residential treatment. He suffers from harm OCD (fears of hurting other people). Of the following titles, which is your favorite?

Please RT to get a good sampling.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Today the President shared a video of people shouting “white power” and said they were “great.” Just like he did after Charlottesville.

We’re in a battle for the soul of the nation — and the President has picked a side. But make no mistake: it’s a battle we will win.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

White supremacy should be rooted out and relegated to the pages of history — not promoted by the President of the United States.

[OCD @OCDYouAndMe]

I fully endorse @JoeBiden for president! He will do more for mental health care than anyone else. We need someone who cares about us in the White House!

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

I'm looking for some folks to read the first three chapters of my YA novel about OCD on BookBoro. Just go to this link https://t.co/Qk3cxhb546 and register, then you can start the read test. The book is called Pigs in Clover.

[OCD @OCDYouAndMe]

What are some of your favorite books about OCD?

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

I’m sitting with my dog having a cup of coffee. I finished the first draft of my YA novel, and I can’t wait for feedback. It’s the story of a seventeen-year-old boy with OCD (sound familiar) who tackles his mental illness head on. I am looking for feedback from the OCD community.

[OCD @OCDYouAndMe]

You deserve to take the time you need for self care. It’s one of the most important things you can do.

#OCD #OCDThoughts

[OCD @OCDYouAndMe]

That feeling you get when you leave your car but you think you forgot to put it in park and now you’re afraid it’s going to roll and run someone over.

#OCDThoughts

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

If life is a gift, then I’m feeling a little shortchanged.

Unless this is a White Elephant gift, in which case it makes sense.

[OCD @OCDYouAndMe]

Can I get an “Amen!”

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

Life is soooo hard! Nobody tells you how hard it is or how much you’ll suffer just like nobody tells you how hard it is to have kids or to own a house or to not eat that cookie. We delude ourselves into thinking it ain’t all that bad. But every day is strugs. Can I get an “Amen!”

[OCD @OCDYouAndMe]

Terrifying! The suggestion here is that unless we “respect” law enforcement, we won’t be guaranteed protection

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

Thank you to John Green and @TTotenAuthor for bringing OCD to the light in your incredible books. I hope to carry the torch you lit for a mile or two more if you will let me.

#OCD #OCDawareness #amwriting #YA #amquerying

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

Namely, these other books relate the symptoms of OCD with some accuracy, but fail to connect the treatment with the acceptance of uncertainty that anyone with this illness must necessarily achieve to get well. I hope my book can manage to convey that.

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

I’m looking for YA that tackles OCD in an authentic AND insightful way. As a writer living with OCD and having been treated by the best specialists in the country, I’d like to think the YA book I’m writing about a boy with OCD will achieve what these other books fail to achieve.

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

Hello OCD folks! I finished reading Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, who has OCD. It felt very authentic but lacked insight into treatment. Now I’m reading The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by @TTotenAuthor, and I knew right away from the text that the author did not have OCD.

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

Day 6 of OCD Awareness Week. Have you faced your fears yet? I walked out of the apartment today without checking if the door was locked. Took some will power, but I did it.

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

Day 2 of OCD Awareness Week. I found myself checking around my car after I backed up, worried I’d run something over. Another symptom of OCD. I’m a little rattled today because one of the family dogs had to be put down this afternoon. OCD flares up in times of stress and sadness.

[Nicholas Ponticello @NickPonticello]

Day 1 of OCD Awareness Week. I am feeling a bit low today. Not so much an OCD thing, but a general malaise. Lately I’ve been struggling with some classic OCD symptoms: checking the locks on my door, checking the stove, making sure my car is in park, etc. #ocdawareness #ocd