In episode 458 I chat with Hannah who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
In this episode we discuss how OCD manifested for her in childhood including: a fear of rabies, worries around swallowing, worries around her heart stopping, as well as harm, religious, and sexual orientation themes of OCD. We discuss other themes such as pOCD, and doing exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), starting a support group, and much more. Hope it helps.
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Find out more about Hannah’s support group:
Harm + Sexual Obsessions OCD Peer Support Group
WHERE: Lake Forest Church- 8519 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC *NOTE: Not a religious based group
WHEN: Every Other Thursday from 7PM-8PM Starting Feb 29th
WHO: Anyone 18+
CONTACT: ThrivingWithOCD@outlook.com
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Kim Quinlan’s self-compassion workbook for OCD: https://amzn.to/3NGkAnk
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All the best,
Stuart