Every Sunday around 5pm, something in my chest used to tighten. Nothing bad had happened. Nothing bad was actually happening. But my body had already started rehearsing Monday—the emails waiting, the meetings lined up, the small uncertainties about how the week would unfold. It took me longer than I would like to admit to learn … Read more
The most important thing I’ve learned about OCD is that most people who have it don’t look like the stereotype. They’re not necessarily washing their hands obsessively or checking the stove repeatedly. If you’ve been Googling something like “OCD quiz” or “do I have OCD,” there’s a good chance you’re noticing something in yourself that … Read more
Adult ADHD is one of the most under-diagnosed conditions I come across — particularly in people who were high-achievers at school, or who present with the inattentive type, which looks nothing like the hyperactive stereotype most of us grew up seeing on television. If you’ve spent your adult life wondering why certain things are so … Read more
High-functioning anxiety is the kind that nobody else can see. You look competent, you meet your deadlines, you show up for everyone — and all the while, there is a near-constant hum of worry running underneath everything you do. If you have never thought of yourself as “anxious enough” to take a high-functioning anxiety quiz, … Read more
OCD rarely stays in one corner of a person’s life. It seeps into relationships, shapes daily dynamics, and puts enormous pressure on the people closest to someone who is struggling — often invisibly. The OCD relationships impact is something I…
Here is something that took me a long time to understand: both ADHD and anxiety can make you feel scattered, overwhelmed, and completely unable to focus — and that overlap is exactly why so many people end up misdiagnosed, or…
I spent months convinced something was seriously wrong with my heart. Every palpitation, every flutter of chest tightness sent me spiralling into a full-blown Google session at midnight, convinced I was about to have a heart attack at twenty-five. Health…
The men I know who struggle with anxiety in men rarely describe it as anxiety. They call it stress, irritability, being wired, being “a bit wound up lately” — anything but what it actually is. One friend told me he’d…
For years I thought anxiety meant panic attacks and being unable to function. I thought it looked like someone frozen in a supermarket aisle, or cancelling everything and staying in bed. It took me a long time — and a…
The first time I had a panic attack in public, I was standing in the cereal aisle at a grocery store. My heart slammed against my ribs, my vision narrowed to a tunnel, and I genuinely believed I was dying….