In episode 535 I chat with Michael who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us.
We discuss his OCD story, nightmares in childhood, relationship themed OCD, the onset of his OCD, harm themed OCD, getting therapy, experiencing a health condition, medical trauma, health anxiety, balancing real health conditions with health anxiety, trauma and OCD (PTOCD), living life and making choices, doing exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) for health anxiety in the midst of an actual health issue, self compassion, and much more. Hope it helps.
Michael wanted me to add the below points (in italic) that he did not mention in the episode:
One sentence continues to help me on the regular, “No amount of thinking is going to resolve the doubt. However, thinking about it will definitely contribute to your subjective experience of anxiety and make you miserable today!”
Scripting for both OCD and PTSD were helpful. As was dedicated rumination time.
The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories
Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter
Resources:
The OCD Stories t-shirts https://theocdstories.creator-spring.com
Kim Quinlan – episode Caitlin and Shala https://kimberleyquinlan-lmft.com/when-ocd-and-ptsd-collide-with-shala-nicely-caitlin-pinciotti-ep-362/
Episode 500
Kristen Neff
Resources: https://theocdstories.com/resources
Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. Join our Patreon to see the video versions of the podcast ad-free and other perks: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast
All the best,
Stuart