About Lilah

I am a 35 year old who loves her family, job, home…. her life.   Since as long as I can remember, I’ve been plagued with incessant, pitinmystomach worries.  The topic would change, but the symptoms were the same.  I worried so much that sometimes I didn’t even know I was worrying.     It wasn’t until I was 26 that I was given the diagnosis of OCD.   I sometimes suspected it, but mostly just thought I didn’t wash my hands enough to have OCD.    There I was, surrounded by people who, by my estimation, thought they loved me.   By my logic, how could they love someone they didn’t even know?  My secret had gained so much power that by 26 I was a few years into an eating disorder and wondering if life was worth living.   I have learned so much about how to manage my OCD.   I still stumble at times, but it no longer cripples me the way that it did.  My hope is that this blog might help people who feel alone as I did.   I cannot stress enough how necessary professional help was for me, so please seek it if you can relate to my stories on this blog.