I flew an airplane today. I'm still kind of in awe of this. It's strange to fly as a pilot in 2021, when, for all intents and purposes, I can't fly as an airline passenger. It's even stranger to be at the controls again when I'd all but given up hope of renewing my medical … Continue reading When Life Doesn’t Imitate Art
Tag: OCD
My Special Issuance Journey
Note: This isn’t a blog post about writing. It’s not even a blog post about OCD—since COVID-19 forced me quasi-public earlier than I’d wanted, you can peruse my other blog posts to see how that’s affected my life and my writing. This is the story of how I picked myself up and did something I … Continue reading My Special Issuance Journey
Why I Worry More About Mental Health Than COVID-19
I wasn't going to mention this information publicly unless and until a few things happened, but with all that's going on, I think it's important to move up the timeline. See, I’ve been sitting here with everyone else, watching the infection and death numbers rise and fall, and more importantly, watching everyone on social media … Continue reading Why I Worry More About Mental Health Than COVID-19
About That WSJ Article…
Funny how just a few weeks after I wrote my last post ranting post about COVID-19 and OCD, the media stereotyping became worse. When I first saw the title of the WSJ article 'We All Need OCD Now', I was certain I'd misread something. No one could have been so irresponsible as to actually write … Continue reading About That WSJ Article…