You Are Not Your Own Substack

You Are Not Your Own Substack

Becoming Yourself After Mental Affliction

What do you do when your old, unhealthy habits are no longer there to define you?

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O. Alan Noble
Jan 16, 2026
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Many of us have experienced mental afflictions for decades of our lives, walking around with them like old friends, developing habits of mind and body that run deep, digging grooves in our brains that are hard to fill in. Just to use the example I’m most familiar with, the average OCD sufferer goes 7-8 years before reach…

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