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Alison Dotson is a writer, copyeditor, and proofreader who was diagnosed with OCD at age 26, after suffering from “taboo” obsessions for more than a decade. Today, she still has occasional bad thoughts, but she now knows how to deal with them in healthy ways. She lives in Minnesota with her two dogs, Tuffy and Gracie.

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Remapping Recovery: A Study from Made of Millions

Earlier this year, Made of Millions—a nonprofit dedicated to helping the millions of people around the world who have a mental illness—published “Remapping Recovery: How Gen Z’s Quest for Better Care Is Pioneering New Paths Forward in Mental Health.”

Why this study, and why now? Aaron Harvey, co-founder of Made of Millions, said, “When we started in 2016, we used data that had been available for de

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Being Me With OCD by Alison Dotson
"CN: diet culture nonsense
Note: I am not the target audience.

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“Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.” —Publius Syrus”
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