As somebody who struggled in the past with OCD and now works with people as they’re navigating recovery, first of all: know that it’s not at all strange to experience a spike in OCD symptoms… Read More »5 Tips for an OCD Flare-up on Vacation
When your Guide first started traveling internationally, many years ago, it also coincided with the time when I was just starting to spend a lot of time and energy on compulsions. Now, traveling after recovering… Read More »Traveling after recovery from mental illness
If you want to make your mental health worse, wipe away! But if you want to take care of your mental health or recover from some mental illness struggles, then compulsions like this won’t be… Read More »Should you wet wipe airplane seats?
There was a time when just living in my home was a mess of health anxiety compulsions. Washing my hands under scalding hot water again and again, hours checking weird sensations in my body and… Read More »Recovered OCD pro on how to handle health anxiety
Whether you’ve already got your first trip booked in a couple of years, or you’re planning your first post-pandemic vacation, these tips will help you take care of that anxious trip-planner in your skull. Tip… Read More »5 mental health tips for your first trip after the pandemic
Anxieties about relapse, having a psychotic break, struggling with depersonalization, or just having a classic panic attack while traveling, is just generally one of the travel mental health topics I get asked about the most.… Read More »What if you lose control while traveling?
Compulsively checking your passport may feel like it’s necessary or it will relieve anxiety, but it’s actually a source of anxiety and another particularly disturbing symptom: depersonalization. So it’s useful to cut out checking compulsions… Read More »Travel OCD: Compulsively checking your passport
It’s a very common compulsion to take photos before leaving the house. Not even when it’s a big trip, but just to the grocery store or off to school. There are phone photo archives around… Read More »Taking photos of appliances to relieve travel anxiety.
If you’re dealing with OCD, you can do incredible adventures. When this Guide was struggling with serious OCD and anxiety, I also did one of the biggest trips of my life, traveling around the world… Read More »5 Tips for Traveling with OCD