Tristan KitchForced Forgetting: The “Forgotten” Evansville Race Riot and Implications for the PresentEach year 4th of July prompts me to think about the state of my country, where it has been and where it is headed. A lot has happened in my…Jul 3, 2022Jul 3, 2022
Tristan KitchOCD Week Day 7: What I Have Learned from My OCDWe are constantly mired in a pit of uncertainty from which our brain tries to protect us.Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Tristan KitchOCD Week Day 6: A Discourse on Mental IllnessAbout a year ago, almost to the day, I went with some friends to see the film Joker. I had heard it was punchy and had some interesting…Jun 29, 20221Jun 29, 20221
Tristan KitchOCD Week Day 5: Treatment of OCDOCD has one of the most effective treatment methods of any mental illness. That is not to say that treating OCD is easy, simply that the…Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Tristan KitchOCD Week Day 4: Who Has OCD?The short answer is “more people than you think.” I have been surprised and humbled at the number of people who have reached out to me…Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Tristan KitchOCD Week Day 3: OCD and the BrainFirst off, we know nothing about the brain. We know so much more about the brain than we did, say, 50 years ago, but we still know nothing…Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Tristan KitchOCD Week Day 2: What is OCD?Obsessive-compulsive disorder is very misunderstood. Common representations of OCD typify it as a need to organize, count, and clean. These…Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Tristan KitchOCD Week Day 1: My OCDImagine you are 11 years old. Now imagine you are 11 years old and you are about to get a new puppy. Your parents have decided that this…Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022