Mental Health/OCD

Neil Holborn is a poet who writes and talks about mental health awareness. This includes his most well-known poem – OCD – which he includes in this short talk. He grew up in a family that talked openly about mental wellbeing and his poems have helped those who did not grow up in an environment where they could talk about their experiences, begin to talk openly. A 13 minute watch that is well worth the listen.

His latest book, The Future, is here: 

“Filled with nostalgia, love, heartbreak, and the author’s signature wry examinations of mental health, Neil Hilborn’s second book helps explain what lives inside us, what we struggle to define. Written on the road over two years of touring, The Future is rugged, genuine, and relatable. Grabbing attention like gravity, Hilborn reminds readers that no matter how far away we get, we eventually all drift back together. These poems are fireworks for the numb. In the author’s own words, The Future is a blue sky and a full tank of gas, and in it, we are alive.”