170. OCD Is Not An Adjective, With Alegra Kastens

Marriage and Martinis

Adam Silverstein

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In several podcast episodes, Danielle has been very open about her struggles with OCD since she was diagnosed at 19-years-old. But on today's episode, she and Alegra talk about Obsessive Compulsive disorder in a raw, deep way that can only be done by two people who have suffered from the illness firsthand. Alegra is a therapist and expert in OCD with her own specialized practice in NYC, and runs the amazing instagram account and community @obsessivelyeverafter. The two talk all about the different types of OCD, how to be a good advocate, what REAL therapy looks like, and what parents can look for in their kids if they're concerned a child might be showing signs of OCD. Whether you suffer from OCD, know someone who does, or have always just wanted to better understand this illness, this is an episode you will not want to miss.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome to marriage and martinis this is very strange
0:29.8	for me I'm doing this intro by myself I don't think I've ever done that it feels
0:35.3	very lonely and strange but Adam has been working like crazy especially with
0:42.2	getting the ebook out last week and everything it was just maybe the busiest
0:46.4	week we've ever had and exciting and stressful and wonderful and thank you
0:52.2	for all your support but he is exhausted and so I told him that he could take a
0:57.8	break and I would do the intro although now it feels really weird and I'm
1:02.5	kind of regretting it but anyway today's episode actually I was it meant
1:09.2	something to me to do this by myself with Allegra from obsessively ever after
1:14.4	all about OCD I've shared some of my story in many episodes like little tidbits
1:20.2	here and there that I really do suffer pretty intensely from obsessive
1:25.4	compulsive disorder at times in my life it's been completely debilitating and on a
1:30.2	daily basis it is definitely always present I'm always fighting it and I have
1:37.0	been through intense therapy for it and I am still in therapy and dealing with it
1:42.5	I will be for the rest of my life I am on SSRIs since I'm 19 and when I went off
1:50.7	them when I was pregnant it was probably the worst time of my life so anyway
1:55.8	please if you are out there suffering right now please know that you are not
2:00.9	alone and I see you and I am here for you you know one thing we talked about in
2:07.4	the episode is that most people don't talk about the other side of OCD which is
2:12.3	that people who have OCD and mental illness in general are learn how to be very
2:20.3	empathetic kind giving grateful loving people just by virtue of what we deal
2:27.5	with every day so you know I don't know how you feel but there's part of me
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