Writing About Your Mental Health Makes You Vulnerable

But it also makes you strong

Photo by Kirill Balobanov on Unsplash

When I began writing about my experience of having severe OCD as the result of PANS, a neuropsychiatric disorder where antibodies attack the brain, causing a host of symptoms, I was so motivated to share my story.

I wanted to speak up about mental health because it’s a topic that has traditionally…