Beyond Highbrow

Beyond Highbrow

Share this post

Beyond Highbrow
Beyond Highbrow
An Overview of OCD with an Emphasis on OCD Psychosis

An Overview of OCD with an Emphasis on OCD Psychosis

Robert Lindsay's avatar
Robert Lindsay
Nov 04, 2024
∙ Paid
5

Share this post

Beyond Highbrow
Beyond Highbrow
An Overview of OCD with an Emphasis on OCD Psychosis
4
1
Share

I’m not sure if I should report this, but so many of my enemies have decided that I’m insane, so I might as well. I do have a psychiatric diagnosis and it is is OCD, an anxiety disorder.

I have also been diagnosed with Major Depression (Mild) and “traits but not full diagnosis of Panic Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.” All of that is in the past. I also have a Atypical Psychosis (past) diagnosis also in the past, but that’s crap.

Also that psychiatrist was diagnosing me based on my self-report of something that happened in the past, so he didn’t see me at the time, and my therapist at the time insisted I was not psychotic.

Boy was I out there though! I haven’t been out there like that in 33 years, but I’m always terrified that I’m going to relapse and it will come back.

I’m so much better now that I’m like people from two different planets.

I’m not going to tell you some of the bizarre things I was thinking and sort of but not really believing. Your OCD brain tries very har…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Beyond Highbrow to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Robert Lindsay
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share