Chrissie Hodges: Acceptance of OCD (#507)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In episode 507 I chat with Chrissie Hodges. Chrissie is a Peer Support specialist, founder of OCD Gamechangers, and Author of ‘Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder’. Chrissie was awarded the hero award at the 24th IOCDF conference in San Fran.

We discuss her community, acceptance and radical acceptance, what is acceptance, what are we actually accepting, what acceptance is not, taboo themes of OCD, shame and guilt, barriers to acceptance, and much more. Hope it helps.

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0:00.0	You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.
0:05.5	The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive,
0:11.1	compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people
0:16.8	who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD Stories.
0:25.2	And welcome to episode 507 of the podcast.
0:31.9	And in this one I got on Chrissy Hodges. Chrisie is a peer support specialist, founder of OCD game changes, and author of Pure OCD, The Invisible Side of Sessive Compulsive Disorder.
0:37.8	Chrissy was given the Hero Award at the 24th ISDF conference in San Francisco.
0:43.6	And in this episode, we discuss her community, acceptance and radical acceptance.
0:49.1	What is acceptance?
0:50.7	What are we actually accepting?
0:52.7	What acceptance is not?
0:58.2	Taboo themes of OCD, and guilt barriers to acceptance and much more and thanks to our podcast partners no cd if oCD is interfering with your life
1:06.1	no cd can help their licensed therapists specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy,
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1:19.2	children and adults with OCD. And most members can get started within seven days on average. No hassle,
1:25.4	just real, science-backed help and support between sessions.
1:29.2	Begin your journey at nocd.com or I'll put the link in the episode description.
1:34.5	And thank you so much to Chrissy for our time and expertise. I deeply appreciate it.
1:38.7	And of course, thank you to you guys for listening. As always, it means a lot.
1:42.6	And while for a redo, here is chrissey welcome back to the
1:46.4	podcast chrissey oh thank you for having me it's always a pleasure to be here yeah it's good to have you
1:52.1	back on it's been a minute um and i guess firstly an update on you like where you've been up to anything
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