“An OCD diagnosis is never good news,” writes @gabrielle.ulubay, “but for more than a decade, I felt like I was living in the dark, always afraid of some monster lurking in a corner.”⁠ ⁠ While OCD may be incurable, Ulubay is more able to dismiss her illogical thoughts because there’s a logical reason for them. “It’s nice to finally turn on the light; nice to discover that I have the ability to turn that light on whenever I want to; and even nicer to find that the monster, in reality, was never more than a coat rack.” Link in bio for the full essay.