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ADAA Personal Story: Dreaming Beyond My OCD

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"Because of my mental health disorders, I was barely surviving and to me, dreaming was a luxury. For the longest time, I could not envision my life in any sort of positive, productive, happy or healthy way, much less dream about a future," Maria says. "I found a new doctor and over the next year I breathed, ate, and practiced ERP like my life depended upon it. Actually, it did! It was one of the hardest but best things I have ever done to get better."

Read Maria's full story here: adaa.org/living-with-anxiet...

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