Do holidays ever make anyone's OCD worse? I don't know why, but my OCD has bothered me a lot this weekend. We did get a new dog (have three now and am babysitting one), so maybe I'm just under more stress? When my OCD is bothering me, I just don't feel as social and then it's sort of like a vicious cycle, in that I feel a little depressed that I'm not out camping or doing something with my family like other families are doing. (although my daughter has been camping all weekend long with friends). It's hard for me to explain - maybe I put a higher level of expectation on myself around the holidays, thinking that they should be "perfect" and that our family should be doing the "perfect" activity, etc. and that I should be feeling "perfect". This OCD or anxiety or stress or whatever it is hard on me, because for years I lived without these intrusive thoughts. It's hard for me to accept that it's come back after years of feeling "normal". I continue to keep my faith in God strong and His ability to heal me.

danni