12. A Woman Taking Back Control

Hey, Stranger!

Thoraya Maronesy

Society & Culture

5 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

A young woman tells us about the struggles of living with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sharing that the most painful part of her journey has been feeling like a passenger of her own life as anxiety, OCD and depression at times have taken over the wheel and front seat. The beauty, however, has been identifying her struggles and finding ways and successfully taking back control.

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0:00.0	Hey stranger.
0:02.7	Hello to everyone listening.
0:07.4	My name is Theraya.
0:08.6	This is the Hey Stranger podcast.
0:10.9	And before we start, let me set the scene for you.
0:13.5	I'm currently sitting in a chair on my local park, which also happens to be one of the biggest
0:17.8	tourist attractions in my city.
0:20.1	Across from me is an empty chair and on today's and every episode.
0:24.0	That empty chair will be filled one by one by people of different backgrounds, mindsets,
0:28.5	and walks of life.
0:29.8	The only criteria is that they are a stranger.
0:33.2	Sounds different once you have that fun zone huh?
0:37.2	Yes.
0:38.2	All right.
0:39.2	Are you ready?
0:40.2	As ready as I'll ever be.
0:42.2	Do you have a secret you'd be willing to share with us?
0:45.5	I guess I'd say once you got me up told some people that I haven't really told the whole
0:50.6	world that I have obsessive compulsive disorder, like OCD, they actually disorder.
0:57.8	Like that, like, oh, I'm so OCD.
1:00.3	What does it entail for you?
1:01.4	Can you give us examples?
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