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Hey, Mel!

OCD is classified as an anxiety disorder. It's one type among many, such as GAD, panic disorder, PTSD, etc. So anxiety definitely accompanies it.

Genie

Dear Kim,
My blessings to you, your dad and family for continued recovery and peace of mind. I know how stressful this can be...I too have been there.

Best
Barbara

I will be starting week 6 on wed. and was wondering if a person continues to go on if they feel like they still havent gotten everything from weeks 1-5? I'm feeling better since I started the program but I still have a ways to go. I continue to suffer with Derealization and I do realize it takes tim...

Hi MBS, I also suffer from DR and have 24/7 since Nov 2006. Yes it is extreemly difficult to deal with. I started a post @ the end of March and got some very useful information. It is also under Depersonalization & Derealization. Please check it out. It helped me out. It is part of anxiety and will ...

Hi, I also am very sensitive to light and noise. At night I sleep with a fan on. It helps to have the soft steady sound to dround out any noise. I also dont like it completely quiet at night or I cant sleep. During the day sometimes I listen to my i-pod. This seems to help. When i first started with...

Sunnyweather,
Thanks again for your help. I went on the website and ordered the book. I cant wait for it to get here. I'm not real good at waiting yet.
Sincerely,
Amy

Hi Sunnyweather, Thanks so much for sending me the post. It makes me feel much better. Were did you get your information on this condition? I have found very little. I would like to read up on it. I printed out the post and will refer back to it throughout the day. I have a hard time focusing on any...

Has anyone else noticed in the moring when you wake up if you stretch or yawn? I didnt notice until this morning that I dont. The reason I ask is this moring when I woke up this is the first time in a long time that I felt relaxed, stretched and yawned. This was a good feeling to me because it must ...

A huge thanks to everyone that replied. "Sunnyweather" you are awsome. I'm sitting here crying after reading your post. I have spent many days and countless hours wondering if this will ever go away. I worried daily how or if I could go on if it never went away. Every day is suck a struggle. With th...

Hi Don, Thanks for your response. It gives me much encouragement. I'm trying to work hard on the program and have started to feel a small improvement. With this condition it is hard to not want to go through the program quickly because i want a quick fix, but I do know that it does not work that way...