ericaanneOct 30, 20222 min readTodayAs I write this, Nick and I are sitting at Starbucks. He's sitting across from me working on policies and procedures for our business....
ericaanneAug 22, 20223 min read"You Don't Understand!"Nick uttered (or sometimes yelled) these words to me more times than I can possibly count. "You don't understand!" became a daily phrase...
ericaanneJul 5, 20223 min readMay 1, 2020: The Next ChapterMay 1, 2020 will always be a day Nick and I celebrate. Beyond it being my mom's birthday (hi, Mom!) it's the day Nick started his next...
ericaanneJun 20, 20225 min readI Wanted a DivorceI've been delaying this topic for a while. It's hard to talk about for a multitude of reasons. Before I go on, I want to make it...
ericaanneJun 13, 20222 min readThe Mindset Shifts (4/4): TeammatesImagine this: you work in an office and you have two bosses. One boss wants to expand the number of services the business offers. The...
ericaanneJun 6, 20223 min readThe Mindset Shifts (3/4): "What if this were me?"So far, I've covered two of four mindset shifts: You can't solve an internal problem with external solutions. There's room for tough love...
nickApr 25, 20223 min readNick's StoryHi everyone! My name is Nick. I'm Erica’s husband. I have OCD, otherwise known as obsessive-compulsive disorder. In short, OCD means that...
ericaanneApr 12, 20225 min readHiding the Percocets: Part IIThe prescriptions were for percocets and another drug used for kidney stones; although I forget which one. I put the prescriptions in my...
ericaanneApr 4, 20225 min readHiding the Percocets: Part IAround this time, Nick had started mentioning thoughts of driving his car off one of the Colorado mountain roads with hopes he wouldn't...
ericaanneFeb 11, 20222 min readNick Wanted a DivorceShortly after Nick's video game addiction started, we started fighting daily. I was quick to point out that the amount of time he spent...
ericaanneJan 22, 20225 min readHospitalization: Part 2So we Baker Acted Nick. I got a call from him about an hour after the police drove off with him. He was screaming at me. "I can't believe...
ericaanneJan 18, 20225 min readHospitalization: Part 1We got married on February 1st, 2019. If I haven't mentioned it yet, I'm Canadian. All of my family is in Canada. I met Nick at an...
ericaanneJan 8, 20223 min readVideo Game AddictionNick started to realize that the only time he wouldn't be thinking about his OCD was when he was playing video games. He came home one...
ericaanneDec 28, 20213 min readSomatic OCDOnce Nick had started Googling his symptoms, he eventually came across the diagnosis of somatic OCD: the hyperfocus on neutral physical...
ericaanneDec 26, 20212 min readOCD OnsetIn the summer of 2019, Nick developed tinnitus. He's been to countless music festivals and never really used proper ear protection. The...