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Oops! We disappeared for a while

Dave November 29, 2016 Oops! We disappeared for a while2016-11-29T18:44:33-08:00 Website No Comment
If you tried to find over the past few days, you were out of luck. The website was shifted from the land of the living to the bad place where…
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Put your OCD in the pot of ‘who cares’

Dave November 25, 2016 Put your OCD in the pot of ‘who cares’2016-11-29T18:44:14-08:00 Dave's Blog No Comment
I spend some time every day hanging out at an OCD forum () I was talking back and forth with a woman from the UK who, among others, suffers from…
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OCD: Fear of abandonment/incarceration

Dave November 21, 2016 OCD: Fear of abandonment/incarceration2016-11-30T11:49:08-08:00 Dave's Blog No Comment
When I wrote my personal OCD memoir, Truth be Told: A journey from the dark side of OCD, one of the central themes I tried to get across was that,…
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False Memory OCD: What it is and how to recover from it

Dave November 16, 2016 False Memory OCD: What it is and how to recover from it2017-12-01T18:35:43-08:00 Books 1 Comment
It's with no small measure of pride that when I Google the term False Memory OCD I see a link to one of the web pages on this site right…
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The hell of False Memory OCD

Dave October 12, 2016 The hell of False Memory OCD2017-12-01T19:13:58-08:00 Dave's Blog 2 Comments
I spend a lot of time on forums, giving out advice to people suffering from OCD. Lately there's been an uptick in the number of people talking about False Memory…
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OCD Awareness Week 2016. I am. Are you?

Dave September 28, 2016 OCD Awareness Week 2016. I am. Are you?2016-09-28T15:07:29-07:00 Dave's Blog No Comment
OCD Awareness Week this year takes place from October 9 to 15. It's a worldwide effort to bring more awareness to OCD and the plight of sufferers. For this special…
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Are OCD forums the right way to go?

Dave September 28, 2016 Are OCD forums the right way to go?2016-09-28T13:32:53-07:00 Dave's Blog 7 Comments
When I began my recovery journey a little over three years ago, I went looking for resources on the web about OCD. One of the things I looked for, beyond…
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Truth be Told available in paperback!

Dave June 27, 2016 Truth be Told available in paperback!2017-12-01T18:40:01-08:00 Books No Comment
I am pleased to announce that Truth be Told: A journey from the dark side of OCD is now available in paperback! Truth be Told: A journey from the dark…
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OCD Symptoms – What to watch out for

Dave June 21, 2016 OCD Symptoms – What to watch out for2016-06-22T09:28:32-07:00 Dave's Blog No Comment
Nearly 50,000 people every month Google search terms such as “OCD symptoms” or “symptoms of OCD”. That’s a lot of people trying to figure out how to tell if they…
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OCD Treatment

Dave May 31, 2016 OCD Treatment2016-11-29T18:43:09-08:00 Dave's Blog 1 Comment
One thing that people commonly want to know, once they've figured out they have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is how to get rid of it, or at least how to treat…
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Dave PrestonDave Preston is the creator of OCDLife.ca. He is a freelance writer and author of several books: The Little Book of OCD, Truth be Told: A journey from the dark side of OCD, and False Memory OCD: What it is and how to recover from itavailable at Amazon. He has posted more than 16,000 times on forums, helping OCD sufferers cope with their disorder.

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