Hey guys, welcome to episode 163 for the Oced Stories.

podcast. episode 163 of the OCD Stories.com Podcast.

Now in this episode I had a chat with clinical psychologist Stephen Philipson.

He's been on the podcast several times and in fact he was on it last week.

So I hope you enjoyed that episode.

But in this we talk about another topic called altered states of consciousness.

This is something that some people experience after excessive use of

cannabis or use of magic mushrooms. So people with OCD can it can almost spark a state of

depersonalization and then that becomes a constant

obsession and the compulsion to try and get back to how they once felt and these two

substances have been known to trigger that.

Now this episode isn't in any way trying to be stigmatizing towards these two substances

is more just trying to delve into this experience that some people go through

because it's not widely talked about on the internet and if you're in that

position hopefully this episode shed some light on it shed some ways out of it and how

traditional ERP and CBT therapy can help you through that and work through the

symptoms of all the states of consciousness and depersonalization.

So I hope you find this useful.

Without further ado, here is Dr Stephen Philipson.

Welcome back to the show Stephen.

It's always good to be here, still.

Good.

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