{"id":28080,"date":"2021-03-07T10:54:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T10:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/?page_id=28080"},"modified":"2023-06-13T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T14:38:28","slug":"sandy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/ocduk\/people\/sandy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet.jpg\" alt=\"Sandy Nisbet\" width=\"400\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet-500x760.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet-100x152.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet-943x1433.jpg 943w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sandy-Nisbet-600x912.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I am an ex-sufferer of OCD. In my final year of university, I became very unwell with OCD and was forced to drop out. However, with the guidance of OCD-UK I was able to get the right treatment and make a full recovery. Bar a brief relapse, I have been OCD-free since 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I believe recovery from OCD is a hope that all sufferers can have, and though volunteering at OCD I have done my best to share that hope, and provide useful advice and support. After all, I know what it\u2019s like to feel trapped with OCD, to feel that there is no possibility of a recovery, but I know from my own experience that is far from the truth. It is my ambition as part of OCD-UK to help more people come to that realisation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/conference\/conference-map\/main\/ocd-faith-and-climate-change\/\"><strong>OCD, Faith and Climate Change<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSandy spoke about his OCD experiences during our 2020 virtual conference. Click the link above to watch his presentation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 40px 0 0 0;\">\n<h5 class=\"black\">The difference we make&#8230;<\/h5>\n<blockquote  class=\"x-blockquote p-large black center-text\" >Once again thanks to you and the team for your hard work and advice it has really helped and enabled us to establish a focal point to work from.<cite class=\"x-cite\">M<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an ex-sufferer of OCD. In my final year of university, I became very unwell with OCD and was forced to drop out. However, with the guidance of OCD-UK I was able to get the right treatment and make &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/ocduk\/people\/sandy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4822,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28080","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28080\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}