Synopsis
Try Not to Think of a Pink Elephantis a collection of real-life stories about living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Contributors are Martin Ingle on OCD and sexual intimacy; Dani Leever on contamination-based OCD; Patrick Marlborough on living with OCD in NYC; Katharine Pollock on over-achievement and control of food and body; and Sienna Rose Scully on the untimely death of her mother, an event that actualised her most persistent OCD obsession.
About the Authors
Martin Ingle is a writer, filmmaker, actor and obsessive-compulsive worrywart who lives and works on Yuggera land. His work spans all things documentary, fiction, theatre and mental health. His comedy-drama series Disorderly was developed through Screen Queensland in 2018 and among other gongs was an international finalist for the prestigious ScreenCraft Fellowship. Suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder to varying degrees of severity for many years, he is a fierce mental health advocate, featuring in the OCD episode of the ABC's You Can't Ask That in 2021, and playing the lead role (opposite a plush toy dinosaur) in the Screen Australia-developed series about OCD, Plushed. He's a contributor to mental health anthology Admissions, published by Upswell Publishing in 2022, and his other writing has been published in The Guardian, ABC News Online, The Chaser and The Shovel.
Patrick Marlborough is an underemployed writer/comedian/drongo living with their parents in Walyalup, Western Australia. They have been published in Vice, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Slate, Gawker, Meanjin, Crikey, Kotaku, The Lifted Brow, Kill Your Darlings, Cordite, Going Down Swinging and various other forgotten blogs, magazines and anthologies. The manuscript for their first novel, A Horse Held at Gunpoint, was shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award in 2021 and is still looking for a publisher. They are the founder and editor of The Yeah Nah Review, as well as Wharf Rat Press. They co-author all of their work with the ghost of their bad dog, Buckley, who is solely responsible for any problematic elements therein.
Kimberley Quinlan is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has a private practice in Calabasas, California, specialising in anxiety, OCD and related disorders, and eating disorders. Kimberley is the founder of CBTschool.com, an online psycho-education platform that provides online courses for those with obsessive compulsive disorder and body-focused repetitive behaviours. Kimberley is the author of The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions, and Focus on Recovery, as well as the host of Your Anxiety Toolkit podcast. Martin Ingle is a writer, filmmaker, actor, and obsessive-compulsive worrywart who lives and works on Yuggera land. Patrick Marlborough is a neurodivergent nonbinary writer, comedian, journalist, critic, and musician based in Walyalup (Fremantle), Whadjuk Boodja. They have been published in VICE, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Junkee, Noisey, Meanjin, Overland, Crikey, The Lifted Brow, Cordite, Going Down Swinging, The Betoota Advocate, and beloved other. They are a passionate mental health and disability advocate, regularly writing about their experiences with depression, suicide, bipolar, high functioning autism, and OCD. Dani Leever is a genderqueer nonfiction writer from Naarm. They're a staff writer at MTV and they're currently the Online Deputy Editor at Archer Magazine. They've been published in JUNKEE, Pedestrian.TV, SBS, Voiceworks, Scum Magazine, Broadsheet, and more. They previously sat on the Voiceworks Editorial Committee and have appeared at the National Young Writers' Festival. They write about gender, mental illness, pop culture, and queerness. Outside writing, Dani performs as a genderbending drag DJ called DJ Gay Dad and has performed at stages around the country. Katharine Pollock is a Sydney-based writer who lives and writes on Eora land. Her debut novel, Her Fidelity (Penguin Random House, 2022), is the comedic story of a young(ish) woman working in a struggling Brisb
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