I have what is referred to by my insurance company as a "biologically-based mental illness." I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I am relatively new to the strange underground world of mental health- psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapy, medication, cognitive behavioral therapy... and so on.

I am making discoveries about myself and my anxiety disorder everyday. I am making so much progress, but it is happening so quickly. I have felt for some time now that I need to begin writing about this whole process, but I'm not sure I feel comfortable sharing all the intimate details with all of my internet friends and acquaintances on facebook, myspace, or livejournal. I like to romanticize the idea of keeping a private paper journal- scrawling my thoughts page to page as they come, but that's just not something I do or have ever done and I need to come to terms with that. That's where this blog comes in.