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Allison Raskin

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Writer, podcaster, mental heath advocate and relationship coach. My new romcom novel SAVE THE DATE is out now!
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I DON’T WANT TO HAVE OCD ANYMORE

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By Allison Raskin
| Emotional Support Lady
For the past 33 years, I have been afraid of existing in shared space. Every surface feels like a threat. Every person is a potential carrier of contamination. Getting sick with OCD at four-years-old means I have no reference point for being comfortable in the world. My brain can’t stop tracking things no one else even thinks about.
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MY HUSBAND IS ESTRANGED FROM HIS MOM AND IT’S TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT PARENTING

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By Allison Raskin
| Emotional Support Lady
I opened my Instagram the other day to a flurry of comments from my mother-in-law. My body tensed. What was going to be her approach of choice this time? Anger? Insults? A feigned attempt at normalcy even though I have not seen her in person since Christmas 2023 and my husband cut off contact in November 2024 after a particularly vicious email? As I skimmed over her messages, my nerves were replaced with something worse: doubt.
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THE MOST ROMANTIC THINGS THAT HAVE EVER HAPPENED TO ME

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By Allison Raskin
| Emotional Support Lady
Back in elementary school, a boy called to ask me if I like the Chicago Bulls. I said yes because it was the nineties and I also wanted to be nice. He returned from his trip to Chicago with a Bulls keychain for me. I still think of him often and not just because I made a clay sculpture of him as a baby in a pottery class that is now in the closet at my dad’s house.
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