Jason Adams
Healing Hurts: Why Mental Health Treatment Might Not Feel Good (at first)
My wife recently twisted her knee while cleaning and organizing. Thankfully, the injury isn't too serious, and she's already well on her...
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Jason Adams
- May 9
- 3 min
Does a Mental Health Disorder Make You Better At Your Job?
"...checking behaviours are a necessary part of being a good lifeguard, but not all people who exhibit checking behaviours are...
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Jason Adams
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Reading About Healing Isn't Healing (and how I learned the difference)
"I mostly read about getting better, but I never did the real work of actually getting better." Mental health journeys can be more...
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Jason Adams
- Feb 7
- 4 min
An Open Letter to John Mac Ghlionn: What Could Have Been...or Still Could Be?
To Mr. John Mac Ghlionn, I'm writing in response to your recent publication in the New York Post, entitled "OCD is increasingly the...
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Jason Adams
- Jan 24
- 3 min
Closing The Loop, Part 1: 'Let's Talk' Is Not Enough
It's important to talk about mental health. In fact, it's essential. The deceptively powerful act of talking holds numerous benefits;...
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Jason Adams
- Jan 2
- 2 min
OCDad: A Year in Review
A year has come and gone, and OCDad: Learning to Be a Parent with a Mental Health Disorder is standing strong. I can still remember...
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Jason Adams
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities, Pt. 10: Keeping Things Going
When I first started consulting publishers for my book, I was often told that the real work of being an author would begin after my book...
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Jason Adams
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Part 9: How bad is it? OCD and Self-Assessment
I suffered from OCD symptoms for years without recognizing them as OCD symptoms. I imagine many people can relate. In hindsight, I can...
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Jason Adams
- Jul 30, 2022
- 4 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Part 8: How to Recharge as a Parent with a Mental Health Disorder
I had no idea how to rest and recharge when I first became a father. I imagine many new parents have felt the same. It's easy enough to...
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Jason Adams
- May 31, 2022
- 6 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Pt. 7: Energy Part 2 (the less obvious stuff)
In my last post, I commented on a few (fairly) obvious things that have been sapping my energy in recent months. In this post, we're...
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Jason Adams
- May 10, 2022
- 4 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Pt. 6: Energy, Part 1 - The "Obvious" Stuff
Well, what a couple months it’s been. Let me just tell it like it is - I hit rock bottom in terms of exhaustion. I flat out, full out,...
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Jason Adams
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
On, Off and OCD: 3 Helpful Steps for Getting Unstuck (and a bit of philosophy)
I recently read a quote that goes something like this: “You can’t understand ‘off’ without understanding ‘on’.” Now, in fairness, this...
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Jason Adams
- Mar 26, 2022
- 8 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Part 5/10: Starting Meds as a Parent
Meds...so many options, so many opinions...where do you start? Who do you talk to? More importantly, how does the process of starting...
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Jason Adams
- Mar 1, 2022
- 4 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Part 4/10: You Are Not Your Thoughts (wait, what?)
What advice would you give to your younger self? I know - such an annoying question. Profound, I suppose, but not an overly practical...
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Jason Adams
- Feb 15, 2022
- 6 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Part 3/10: Poop, Parenting and OCD
Let's face it: newborns produce some fairly…er…off-putting substances. Now, obviously, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. In...
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Jason Adams
- Jan 8, 2022
- 5 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Part 2/10: Top 5 Lessons I Learned About ERP
Disclaimer: this post is meant for readers who already know what ERP is. If you don't know what ERP is, read more about it here and/or...
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Jason Adams
- Jan 8, 2022
- 5 min
Anxious Parenting Practicalities Part 1/10: Exposure Response Prevention Exercises and Kids
Spoiler alert: if you already know what ERP is and just want to get to the part about using ERP when you have kids, skip down to the...
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Jason Adams
- Dec 14, 2021
- 6 min
I'm suffering. Now what?
Highly Predictable Disclaimer: I’m not a therapist. These are my thoughts and reflections from going through the process of admitting a...
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Jason Adams
- Nov 29, 2021
- 13 min
Preparing to Start Therapy (and some reasons why you might not)
Getting started, keeping going, getting started again … it seems to me that this is the essential rhythm not only of achievements, but of...
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Jason Adams
- Nov 25, 2021
- 6 min
Parental Instincts and OCD: Friends or foes?
Instincts and obsessions: is there a difference? I received a diagnosis of OCD for the first time when my boys were just over two months...
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