About

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My name is Maxwell Ferguson.

I live with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Anxiety, and Borderline Personality Disorder. For a long time, those diagnoses shaped how I saw myself and how I moved through the world. Some days were heavy. Some days still are.

But I’m also living proof that therapy can work.

Over the years, I’ve put in the work through ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). If those acronyms don’t mean much to you right now, that’s okay. They didn’t mean much to me once either.

This blog is where I share what I’ve learned from the inside. Not as a therapist. Not as an expert. Just as someone who has spent years navigating mental illness, recovery, setbacks, growth, and everything in between. My hope is that something here helps you feel a little less alone.

You’ll also find my poetry throughout these pages. Writing has always been one of the ways I process life, especially the parts that don’t fit neatly into a conversation. The poems are reflections, observations, questions, and sometimes things I still don’t fully understand. Take them as you will.

When I’m not writing, I work full-time and run a professional photography business on the side. Photography has taught me something therapy has too: people don’t need to be perfect to be worth seeing. Sometimes the most meaningful moments are the honest ones.

This space isn’t about having all the answers.

It’s about sharing the journey, one story, one poem, and one step at a time. 

With Love,
Maxwell Ferguson