In episode 114 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Catherine Benfield. Catherine runs the blog Taming Olivia, where she blogs about her experiences with OCD, focusing on perinatal and postnatal OCD.

I chatted with Catherine about her OCD story, the content of her intrusive thoughts, intrusive impulses, how to encourage your loved one to seek help, Recovery: Medication, CBT, ERP. We also discuss the importance of self-love, self-compassion and self-care in recovery. We discuss some ideas of what to do if you are afraid of having a kid because of OCD, how to keep a healthy lifestyle which can be important for mental health when you have a kid, overcoming roadblocks in recovery, her blog Taming Olivia, and what Catherine wish she would have known at the start of recovery. Hope it helps! 

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Find out more about Catherine:

Catherine’s website: TamingOlivia.com

Catherine’s Instagram: @Catherine_Benfield

Resources:

Postnatal OCD charity – MaternalOCD.com

OCD Action – OCDAction.org.uk

OCD UK – OCDUK.org

IOCDF – IOCDF.org

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NOCD: http://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

To your success,
Stuart