Dr Guy Doron Talks About All Things rOCD & How To Beat It (Ep 5)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In episode 5 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Dr Guy Doron. Guy is one of the leading researchers in relationship OCD (rOCD), and along with his team he his uncovering important information about this subtype of OCD.
Show notes:
Guy's OCD Story (1:00)
Finding rOCD in research (4:30)
How rOCD also covers relationship with God (6:40)
Type 1 vs Type 2 rOCD, and why someone would get one over the over (8:20)
New study: embarrassability and OCD (11:40)
Why an OCD sufferer seeks rightness in the relationship (12:50)
How rOCD can affect dating not just the relationship (15:05)
How distorted views of love affects relationships (19:50)
How someone tells if they have rOCD or a bad relationship? (24:20)
How rOCD can make relationships better (28:30)
How to explain to your partner that you are trying your best to deal with the OCD (31:30)
How ERP can be used to treat rOCD (35:20)
The one thing rOCD sufferers can do today to improve their lives (41:20)
Guy's most astonishing finding from his research (44:45)
What guy would want written on his billboard (47:00)
Find out more about Dr Steven Hayes:
Guy's site – ROCD.net
Resources mentioned:
Dr Danny Derby – www.dr-derby.com
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Stuart and The OCD Stories team
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to episode 5 of the OCD stories. |
| 0:03.3 | podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | Now in today's episode I interviewed Dr Guy Doran and Guy is a leading |
| 0:10.9 | researcher in relationship OCD OCD he's working out of |
| 0:14.0 | Herzliar Israel |
| 0:16.0 | incredibly nice guy he really knows his stuff it was really fascinating to talk with him |
| 0:20.9 | about relative OCD this area up to you know say five years ago |
| 0:25.2 | wasn't really researched or known too much about at all and it's great to see the |
| 0:30.9 | work Guy and his team are doing. |
| 0:32.8 | I've read a few of their academic papers |
| 0:35.0 | and they are really interesting studies. |
| 0:37.3 | We discuss things like the different types of ratio mostly, |
| 0:41.8 | like type one and type two. |
| 0:44.3 | We go into some of the user questions I got asked to ask guy. |
| 0:49.2 | He gives some great answers and some great help for fellow sufferers. |
| 0:53.0 | And he really breaks down some of the new research he's doing, |
| 0:57.0 | kind of what causes it potentially, |
| 1:00.0 | and really how to treat it. |
| 1:01.0 | And we're going to things like ERP, prevent, or ERP therapy for relationship OCD. |
| 1:07.9 | I think you're going to get a lot from this if you're a sufferer, if you're a therapist, |
| 1:11.6 | I also think you're going to learn a lot about it. |
| 1:14.0 | I hope you enjoy it. If you enjoy it please leave a review and rating on iTunes |
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