What OCD Is Like (for Me)

The video discusses the complexities of mental health, focusing on the speaker's personal experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It highlights the challenges of living with obsessive thought spirals and the compulsive behaviors used to cope. The speaker addresses the cultural stigma and romanticization of mental illness, contrasting it with their own experiences. The video concludes with a discussion on using writing as a means to express and understand these internal experiences, exemplified by the fictional character Aza Holmes.

In what ways does the speaker feel that mental illness is stigmatized or romanticized in culture?

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What is the significance of the character Aza Holmes in the speaker's book?

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