Introducing The Obscured, a Place to Talk about Your Feelings and Mental Health.

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As someone who is recovering from severe OCD and a neuropsychiatric illness, I discovered that therapy writing is an important part of my recovery process, as is writing about my feelings and my mindset.

I wanted to set up a publication here at Medium exactly for this, and so, I’d like to introduce you all to The Obscured.

Obscurity is all about the unknown, but The Obscured is about giving a place to make the unknown known. This will be a safe place where you can write about your feelings, your deepest thoughts, and your struggles.

And The Obscured is looking for writers!

Types of pieces The Obscured is interested in:

• first-hand accounts of mental health issues (including, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and PTSD)
• personal essays where you talk about your feelings
• thoughts on recovery and treatment
• therapy writing and recovery writing (can be in the form of poetry or fiction — but please make it clear it is therapy writing)
• letters written to your illness or another person about your illness/your inner-most thoughts