In this special edition of The OCD Stories former guest and OCD advocate Catherine Benfield interviews Steve Brumwell. Steve is a writer and director, he is currently working on his short film about OCD called ‘Waving’.
In this episode they discuss Steve’s story, hiding the disorder, how a documentary helped him understand what was going on, they discuss harm intrusive thoughts, becoming a parent, self-harm, how his OCD interfered with some of his therapy, men’s mental health, they talk about his short film ‘Waving’, and much more. Hope it helps.
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Find out more about Steve:
Steve’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevebwrites
Find out more about Catherine:
Catherine’s first appearance on the podcast: https://theocdstories.com/episode/catherine-benfield-perinatal-and-postnatal-ocd-ep114/ and her second appearance: https://theocdstories.com/episode/catherine-benfield-stigma-reduction-the-bbc-ocd-ep154/ and her third appearance: https://theocdstories.com/episode/catherine-benfield-live-from-the-ocd-action-conference/
Taming Olivia blog – https://www.tamingolivia.com/
Resources:
Find out more about OCD Action – https://ocdaction.org.uk/
Find out more about OCD UK – https://www.ocduk.org/
All the best,
Stuart