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16 April 2021
medication ● self-care ● stress ● therapy ● OCD ● informative article
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) – a short guide
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (TOC in Romanian or OCD in English) is a mental health condition characterised by the presence of obsessions and compulsions that interfere in all areas of the diagnosed person's life. Obsessions are thoughts, images or impulses that appear intrusively...
3 March 2021
ADHD ● depression ● learning difficulties ● medication ● personal story ● stress ● therapy
Attention to inattention, and how I found out about ADHD
Attention to inattention, an advice heard since elementary school, but which I would never have put down to a developmental atypicality - a phrase that intimidates and prevents the acceptance of an obvious reality: at least 1 in 10 people is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, formerly publicized by American society as...
2 October 2020
MHR art contest ● medication ● schizophrenia
“Pascu Paraschiva is killing me!”
If her aunt was in a good mood, Aura would sometimes let her sit with her in her parents’ bedroom and watch a film or TV series together. Her small child’s body lay sprawled on the bed, propped up by a heap made of big, firm pillows stuffed with goose feathers...
