As Valentine’s Day approaches, many of our thoughts turn to celebrating love. But what about those of us whose loved ones are suffering? How we can we help our spouses, parents, children, or friends who are struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
I recently visited my local library searching for current articles on OCD that might be of interest to my support group. The periodicals file is computerized so I conducted a search of articles on Obsessions, Compulsions and both together. I suppose a system is only as good as the knowledge of the person who programs and updates it. What I discovered under the topic headings was a mix of a few articles in the more well-known magazines, together with a group of writings which were shockingly out of place and so misleading that at first I thought I had accessed the wrong topic. I came across such titles as “I Love You To Death,” “Crazy Love,” “A Stranger Was Stalking Our Little Girl” and “Twisted Love: A Deadly Obsession.”
