OCD and Memory Lapses

OCD-Free
3 min readApr 1, 2023

Do you have a notoriously bad memory? Do you get lost trying to find where you parked your car? My whole life, my memory problems and poor sense of direction were the butt of family jokes. I did hypothesize that perhaps my bad memory was a defense against remembering situations and thoughts that could trigger more OCD, and there could be some truth to that, but I think the nature of my OCD made it extremely unlikely that I could have a great…

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OCD-Free

Essays, stories & poetry about OCD, culture and society, by Eric. OCD-Free the book: https://shorturl.at/nGR59