What a tragic joke life is
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Jessica Drake, MsC
OCD & Anxiety Psychotherapist
Journalist & Author
Perfectionism – The Dick Turpin of mental health
I was lucky enough to go down to Cornwall for half term. It’s trite, but Gillan Cove really is my…
God, Ozempic, Chat GPT – this human needs a handrail
If God had a name what would it be?And would you call it to his face?If you were faced with…
Will Chat GPT feel my feelings for me?
I have been absent from here for nearly four months. It wasn’t meant to be that long. Actually it was…
The truth is rarely pure and never simple
This is my quote of the month, and it made a fitting title. It is of course from The Importance of…
We drown ourselves in our own puddles
“No piece of information is superior to any other. Power lies in having them all on file and then finding…
Dear Raymond, what do we talk about when we talk about love?
Here’ s a little essay I wrote… but you might not want to sing it note for note… DON’T WORRY,…
Busyness is laziness that leads to sickness
Yes you read it right. It’s so very easy to be busy if you’re a dopamine addict like me. The…
How do we make a mark in this world? Connection.
I should attribute a lot of the ideas and subject matter on here to my friend Michelle, because our conversations…
Life dumping you like a wave in north east Ibiza
I really want to write something profound this week. I feel a strong blog might reflect the acute awakenings that…
Art, exposure work, and finding another voice
I still have writer’s block but I can feel I’m becoming unstuck. I started the intro to my book again…
Achievement and OCD dogma
I felt low and listless yesterday after the buzziest of bank holiday Monday nights. A friend and I went to…
“It is a joy to be hidden and a disaster not to be found”
“It is a joy to be hidden and a disaster not to be found” Donald Winnicott I came across this…
Reassurance – an unquenchable thirst
Ultimately, we are not reassurable – so said my brilliant therapist who, alongside the right medication, helped me recover from…
Motherhood and OCD
There was a fantastic report on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour regarding mental health in motherhood. I think it’s a…
Dealing with uncertainty via Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
One of the most intriguing and indeed difficult areas of OCD to treat is what might be called False Memory…
How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) turned my OCD recovery corner
I received an email from Russ Harris’ mailing list with a link to a free ebook which you may find…
Dreams + hurry + worry = OCD
I have been having some really vivid dreams of late. I hope this is because I am sleeping deeply, although…
Perception, shower heads and OCD
Everything is perception – so say many spiritual teachers and writers who I happen to admire. To sum up (and…
Frosties and King Lear
Everything is connected, I think. I started this post early this morning and am finishing it before school pickup. I…
Coffee, addiction and Hamlet
Recently I went on a new medication for ADHD. I don’t work with people with ADHD specifically (although many of…
Making an old fashioned bed with ADHD
As well as having OCD, I have ADHD and I am recovering addict. Ever one to indulge in gallows humour,…
The loop of anxiety
How lunch with an old friend got me reflecting I just came home from lunch with a really old and…
Menopause & Mania
How HRT and an incorrect diagnosis of menopausal symptoms sent me spiralling. Last week a story broke in the mainstream…
My OCD recovery book tip: ‘Pure O’ by Chad Lejeune
A fantastic source of information on recovery from OCD the book Pure O by Chad Lejeune. This book was a…
The transformative power of Exposure and Response Prevention therapy
You may have read my first blog above about how sobriety helped me onto the right path, yet I have…
Sober for over a decade, I realised addiction was only the beginning when it came to addressing long-term Mental Health
I passed 12 years of continuous sobriety from drugs and alcohol last weekend. Going to rehab and dropping the drink…
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Jessica Drake - OCD / Anxiety Psychotherapist 