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I remember meditation being a game changer for ocd. I like that book called 30 Days to Stop Obsessing by Harper Daniels. OCD can feel like a train wreck.

Very soothing. Very clear. We are all living with a 'low-hum' of Covid dysfunctionality. The lifestyle constraints, the economic, mental, physical, social patterns have been re-written overnight it seems. We - like animals - like 'patterns of familiarity'. Too much change and social upheaval - too quickly - on too many fronts, is fear inducing. And fear causes over-reactions which can surprise even those who understand why they are experiencing an over-reaction to a simple event. We are all vulnerable. The example given, is having a "melt-down" over not having any bananas. Those small, every-day comfort patterns, like making your banana smoothie for breakfast. Something you look forward to, is derailed because you forgot to get bananas the day before. What would have been a 'mild annoyance' in 'normal times', the nearly 2 year Covid stressor suddenly makes forgetting bananas a catastrophe of monumental proportions. Sometimes, that can make the whole day go into a downward spiral. In more severe cases, it can turn a person "Postal". An American term coined when a a postal worker under consistent stress, experienced the straw that broke the camels back, and went to work with a gun. Some never went home that day. We are living in such uncertain and fearful times, even the fundamentals of hugging and being in company have taken on low grade doom and gloom. We need more simple, easy-going conversations like this, to remind ourselves - we're not going mad. Thank you.