437 An OCD Success Story (with Lydia Davies)

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Anxiety & OCD Strategies for Everyday

Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT | Anxiety & OCD Specialist

Self-improvement, Education, Anxietymindfulnessmeditation, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this inspiring episode, Lydia Davies shares her powerful OCD recovery story—including how she faced fears around somatic OCD, scrupulosity, and intrusive thoughts with bravery, self-compassion, and evidence-based strategies.

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody. Today we are sharing a truly inspiring OCD success story that's equal
0:10.0	parts, honest, hopeful and deeply relatable. In this episode titled as an OCD success story with Lydia Davies,
0:19.0	I am so honored to bring you a conversation where we are going
0:22.9	to bring, of course, as always, all the beautiful virtual hugs and practical strategies so that you
0:30.0	can face your fears and live each day with courage and compassion. Lydia Davies joins us from the Sunshine Coast of Australia,
0:40.1	which is where my grandfather used to live.
0:42.5	She experienced OCD symptoms from a very young age,
0:46.5	but she did not receive a formal diagnosis until adulthood.
0:50.8	Since receiving specialized OCD treatment in 2021, Lydia has made incredible progress in her recovery.
0:59.0	Her journey includes navigating somatic OCD, scrupulosity, just right OCD, compulsive skin
1:05.6	picking, also known as dermatillomania, and intrusive sexual thoughts, just to name a few. In this episode, Lydia is going
1:14.0	to share the ups and downs of her recovery, the tools that helped her most and how she continues
1:19.2	to find healing through creative expression. Let this be a reminder. Recovery from OCD is possible. And while the path may be bumpy, you don't have to
1:32.3	walk it alone. So let's dive in. Welcome, Lydia. Hello. So good to be here. I'm so excited.
1:39.0	Okay. So I am so excited to talk with you about just recovery and your experience and what worked
1:48.4	and what was hard and what was not so hard and what was, you know, tell me about all the bumps
1:53.8	and all the things. So, could you just share first about learning about having OCD? Where were you,
2:00.4	what were you doing when you realized that
2:02.3	that's what you're experiencing? Yeah. Okay. So this was about 12 years ago. I was 24 years old.
2:10.0	I had been in a job which I loved, but I was having a lot of stress in that job and I came to the
2:16.0	point where I was crying at work and I had to stop the job for a while and I, you know, I was encouraged to go and see a
2:22.6	counsellor or a therapist. So luckily I was able to, I went to the pastor of my church and asked,
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