One of the most common questions I get is how to know the difference between generalized

anxiety disorder and OCD.

And today and this episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit, we are going to tackle this big topic

together.

Now, the reason that I am, I've actually discussed this before, but the reason I want to come back

and address it again is number one.

When I ask you guys what questions you had, this was the number one question over and

over again.

But number two, since I recorded that last episode, I myself have had experience with both.

And so I would first like to discuss with you and share with you personally my experience

of having generalized anxiety my entire life and then later on having a shift where I was

diagnosed with OCD and I wanted to share with you my experience between the two and what the difference was.

Then we're going to move over and have the whole episode where we deep dive into the differences

so that you feel very confident in knowing the difference and knowing what to do if you feel

the one resonates with you compared to the other. So let's go.

Welcome back to Your Anxiety Toolkit, everybody.

This podcast is about bringing you a giant virtual hug and providing you science-based

compassionate skills that will help you take your life back from anxiety and truly just be happy. That's my

goal, like to reduce the suffering. If we can just reduce the suffering that we experience,

just imagine the change and the impact we could have. Imagine what we could get done. Imagine how

much love we could give if anxiety

wasn't getting in the way. Today, we're talking about the difference between generalized anxiety and

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