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October 10th.

"Mental health has an impact on every area of your life. It’s your identity, how you see yourself, how other people perceive you, your motivation to get up in the morning. It affects everything."

Mental health matters on the days when everything happens and the days when nothing happens. When life is busy and unpredictable and when it’s quiet and ordinary too. That’s why we fight every day, to support more people tomorrow.

Everyone’s experience of OCD is different. But if you live with OCD, you will have obsessions. It is also likely you will have compulsions and unhelpful beliefs.

Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, urges and sometimes images that appear in your head. They can be hard to ignore and happen regularly. You are likely to try to relieve the anxiety of obsessions by performing a compulsion.

Compulsions can be a mental or physical action and the relief they bring usually doesn’t last long. This cycle of thoughts followed by rituals can take up a lot of time and affect day-to-day life.

Some people living with OCD also experience unhelpful beliefs like over estimating threat, placing more importance on thoughts, an enlarged sense of responsibility.

October 2025

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting both children and adults. It is described as a “persistent” or ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that gets in the way of daily life or typical development.

Individuals with ADHD may also have difficulties with maintaining attention, executive function (or the brain’s ability to begin an activity, organize itself and manage tasks) and working memory. Many people may never receive a diagnosis, or else it comes well into adulthood

The month serves as a time to celebrate the difference found in neurodiversity while also advocating for new perspectives and better support systems.