The following post is about a potentially triggering topic. Please be aware of this as you continue and if you are in a particularly fragile or sensitive state, you may want to skip this post altogether. This post will continue below the graphic to the left. If...
Artists are often characterized as moody, dark, misunderstood. We are a suffering sort, regardless of the form our art takes whether it be digital, acrylic, collage, words, wood, and so on. Our ability to create something phenomenal comes from the way we view and...
The biggest question I am asked about Postpartum OCD on a regular basis is also the one I dread the most: “Do intrusive thoughts go away?” My heart breaks when I am asked if the thoughts go away because I know where they are, how they’re feeling. How...
Life takes us sometimes, grabs us tightly around the waist, turns us upside down, and shakes us until we are mere shadows of what we once were. Then, just as abruptly, it sets us back in an upright and locked position, only without everything solidly locked back into...
Show, don’t tell. This is one of the greatest tenets any writer has drilled into them at an early age. Show, don’t tell. Show us the action. Do not describe the tree, show us the verdant ferocity with which it lived -through calm, sunny days as well as...
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.