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Adam Fout

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What It’s Like to Have Anxiety

November 29, 2020 by Adam FoutLeave a Comment

What It's Like to Have Anxiety

What it’s like to have anxiety is like having a rock on your chest. It’s like having your breath taken away in the worst way possible. It’s like this low-level, unplaceable fear that comes from nowhere and everywhere. Anxiety is like fear, except it’s not. It’s this thing that eats you alive, that takes you […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Mental Health Blog Posts, OCD, Xanax

The Perfectionist | Fear of Imperfection and Procrastination

October 14, 2020 by Adam FoutLeave a Comment

perfectionist fear of imperfection and procrastination

“My greatest weakness is that I’m a perfectionist, haha.” How many actual perfectionists have said this in job interviews before? If only that was a joke. If only my fear of imperfection (an outgrowth of my OCD) didn’t cause me to procrastinate so much that I don’t get anything done in the first place. It’s […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, OCD

OCD–Intrusive Thoughts, Obsessive Cleaning, and Checking Everything Twice (and Three times, and Four… Five… Six…)

August 22, 2020 by Adam FoutLeave a Comment

Since I was a kid, I’ve had OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). OCD can manifest in a variety of ways. Here’s what mine looks like. This house isn’t clean. This house isn’t clean. I need to write. I need to work. I need to make money but it’s not clean it’s not clean it’s not clean […]

Filed Under: OCD