The Secret Illness

A global creative arts project that explores the realities of living with obsessive compulsive disorder #OCD #OCDFeelsLike

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

@maireadruane_ ❤️

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

@BADHofbauer Thank you so much for getting in touch and sharing ❤️ perhaps you could drop an email to [email protected] and we could chat more? Becca x

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

@GeorgeSomers96 @LilyBaileyUK @OCDdoodles @RichBiscuit21 @AllisonRaskin @TheOCDStories @RoseCartwright_ @OCDUK @ocdaction @OCDYouth Thanks George! ❤️

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

@HabibaNabisubi @HornimanMuseum Awareness needs raising so 👏👏👏❤️

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

Saw a fantastic exhibition called ‘Hair’ at the @HornimanMuseum with a section on #trichotillomania called ‘Don’t Pull’ by @HabibaNabisubi Thank you for sharing ❤️

[Sussex OCD Clinic @SussexOCDClinic]

We welcome involvement from people with lived experience of OCD and their friends and family in shaping the Sussex OCD Clinic so that we can improve. You can get involved whether or not you live in Sussex. Please get in touch to find out more by emailing [email protected]

[Saira Price @SairaPrice]

@gugumbatharaw enjoy you as an actress but disappointed after watching @grahnort - Please don’t misuse the term ‘OCD’. It’s a debilitating illness not a behaviour trait #ocdawareness

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

Research from one of our followers, get involved if you like!

[OCD & Shame Research Group @shameinOCD]

Help us understand and measure shame in OCD by taking part in our research: https://t.co/SJFEQVPPR8

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

Here we go again…. Well done #ocd community for getting your voices heard. Hopefully @itv will listen this time https://t.co/IGW6W1BSt0

[International OCD Foundation @IOCDF]

Although this year’s #PrideMonth has come to an end, the IOCDF continues to support the LGBTQ+ community all year long. Please share the PSA and help spread this important message! https://t.co/FHiAM0Ee0H

[Total Media @TotalMediaUK]

As part of our Invisible Disabilities Month, our Head of Business Services Becca Rawlings discusses OCD, an illness misunderstood by many. Becca explains the varying levels of OCD and shares her not-for-profit creative arts project, @secretillness: https://t.co/djenE3UdqB

[NAMI California @namicalifornia]

"It’s not an exaggeration when I say this: art has saved me so much." - @AbbyStein39 of @secretillness during the "Telling New Stories: Reducing Stigma through the Arts" session at #NAMIcaConf20. "Art can bring people together."

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

Wow @SurayaRaja this is fantastic!

[OCD Action @ocdaction]

‘Don’t think of a Pink Elephant’ is an outstanding multi-award winning short film by @SurayaRaja which tells the story of a teenage girl with OCD who is battling intrusive thoughts & urges.

*Contains violent images which some may find triggering/upsetting*https://t.co/cwEo8O3UeP

[Ria Fay @RiaFay9]

Next week @ConceptTheatre are bringing you an online adaption of "I'm Just a Little Bit OCD" via zoom. For more information visit https://t.co/nsyLYIuSir

So excited to continue this very important project!

@ocdaction @secretillness

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

@OCDUKYA welcome to Twitter Young Ambassadors!!! 👋👋👋

[Jon Hershfield, MFT @ocdbaltimore]

There are people who have been living shackled to intrusive thoughts for decades, pacing in a mental prison cell the average person wouldn’t tolerate a day of. The courage it takes to challenge that conditioning cannot be overstated.

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

Happy #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek everyone. Thinking of you more than ever during these strange times we are in. We’ve had some new art and poetry added to our Gallery and Salon and more to come shortly, so check them out on our website if creativity helps frame your #OCD

[The Secret Illness @secretillness]

@WGOIYH will be streaming live on Tue 7.30pm BST with musicians, DJs, comedians and poets exploring mental health through the theme of kindness. You can register now for free to be in the zoom audience: https://t.co/GbVMrBg0Wt

[What's Going On In Your Head? @WGOIYH]

A little bit of hope as we go into kindness 💗 THREE DAYS. We have so many outstanding performers joining us - will you be there? May 19th at 19.30 BST 😍 Registration is FREE and open here 👉 https://t.co/Qf68UGXgfC #StayHome #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #kindness