OCD Timeline

By paisleygillespie

  • Start of OCD

    Start of OCD
    During my 14's volleyball season, I had a great time with my teammates and continued to develop as a player and a person. However, the season led me to develop OCD tendencies from the stress that I would face during the tournaments,

  • Progression

    Progression
    My OCD had settled over the summer, but once the school year started it began to spike again and continued throughout the school year.

  • Seeking Help

    Seeking Help
    The OCD symptoms continued to develop until my 11th grade volleyball season where it was at its worst. I wasn't able to complete miscellaneous tasks and everything felt like a struggle, so I finally asked for help and started seeing a therapist.

  • Remission

    Remission
    I started seeing my therapist consistently and began battling my OCD. Through all the difficult times, many tears and breakdowns I was starting to see remission in my symptoms and started to feel comfortable within myself and how I operate within society.