Author: Stephen Gadaleta

  • Overcoming OCD: What my compulsions taught me

    Overcoming OCD: What my compulsions taught me

    There I was, trapped in my room with no where to go. It had become my last refuge and now a self-contained cell. I was a living contradiction: both the prisoner and the gatekeeper.  This is what OCD had reduced my life to: hiding away from all of my fears in the confines of my…

  • What happens in our brain when we try to decide

    What happens in our brain when we try to decide

    It was Saturday morning and I was on my way to meet Caroline for brunch. It had been a while since I saw her and in order to express my apology for being such a ghost, and such a terrible friend, I told her I’d save her a trip on the bus and that I’d…