Dr Michael Greenberg - Rumination is a compulsion (#252)

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🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In episode 252 I chat with Dr Michael Greenberg. Michael is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

In this episode I chat with Michael about his OCD journey, the line between obsession and compulsion, what is rumination, why rumination is a compulsion, advice on stopping rumination, the idea of a core fear in OCD, the importance of understanding the core fear, how understanding the idea that OCD is a strategy to keep you safe allows you to start to let it go, how rumination may be the core of OCD, the idea of letting go of rumination when scared, how to stop ruminating about ruminating, the issues that may get in the way of stopping rumination, why it matters how we talk about OCD, words of hope and much much more.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/dr-michael-greenberg-rumination-is-a-compulsion-252

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to episode 252 of the Ocede stories
0:16.3	dot com podcast and in this episode I interview Dr Michael Greenberg
0:21.6	Michael is a licensed clinical psychologist and in this episode I got him on to
0:26.1	specifically talk about rumination and then we talk about his own OCD journey the
0:31.6	line between obsession and compulsion. What is rumination? Why rumination is a
0:37.2	compulsion? Ideas around stopping rumination. The idea of a core fear in OCD, the importance of understanding the core fear,
0:45.0	how understanding the idea that OCD is a strategy to keep you safe, allows you to start to let it go.
0:52.0	How rumination may be the core of
0:53.4	OCD, the idea of letting go of rumination when scared, how to stop ruminating
0:58.4	about ruminating, the issues that may be getting in the way of stopping
1:01.8	rumination, why it matters how we talk about
1:04.2	O. C. D. Words I hope and much, much more. Really interesting episode. I enjoyed chatting with
1:09.2	Michael and a quick shout out for our podcast partners no-cd.
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1:29.6	OCD peer community. To find out more head to go dot treat my OCD.com
1:34.8	forward slash the OCD stories or click the link in the episode description.
1:38.6	So there you have it. Thank you so much to Michael for his time and as always to you guys for listening.
1:44.3	I deeply appreciate it.
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