Hello! I am going to be the OCD chat leader, And I wanted to make a poll/introduction post to see how everyone feels about it and who is interested in participating.

A bit about me; I was diagnosed with OCD when I was seven years old. I am now twenty-three, so I have been living with this disorder for sixteen years. I have gone to therapies for it, gone through the many ups and downs of treatment and management, and have helped my terminally ill brother who happened to have OCD. I know OCD is one of the more difficult mental illnesses to understand, but I have done my best to teach myself on the topic through my own experiences and further readings. I am a mental health advocate who writes for an online mental health journal, and a few of my articles have been about OCD and common misconceptions.

My question for you; what would you like to see in this chat?

After talking to a few people and hearing comments about support chats, I think having this chat be structured with a posted topic weekly will be the most helpful and beneficial. For example, one topic can be Treatments For OCD, another can be Managing OCD, etc. But I think having open forum discussions where we can share our struggles, and are successes, is important as well.

I have added a poll to this thread to see what day of the week, and more importantly, what times would be good for everyone. Since I am currently undergoing many tests/doctors appointments for Lupus or RA, I am pretty much home bound for the time being. So be honest, and let me know what you think/what you want!