Dr Steven Phillipson: Look at you looking at me, and other niche OCD spike themes (#488)

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In episode 488 I chat with Dr Steven Phillipson. Steven is a licensed clinical psychologist who specialises in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD. Steven is the Clinical Director at the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York.

We discuss the worries that come up around getting obsessed with others responses to us - what Steve calls look at you looking at me, olfactory obsessions, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and other niche OCD spike themes including, worrying if your child is your child, worrying about a loved one having been abducted by aliens and replaced, worries about being in a simulation, worries about being God, worrying your partner is not the sexual orientation they say they are, worrying about catching someones undesirable aspects of their character, 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.
0:25.3	And welcome to episode 488 of the podcast.
0:30.8	And in this one, I got back on Dr. Stephen Philipson. Stephen is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in CBT for OCD. And in this episode, we discuss the worries that come up around getting obsessed with others' responses to us, what Steve calls, look at you, looking at me, olfactory obsessions, body dysmorphic disorder, and other niche OCD spike themes including worrying if your child is your child, worrying about a loved one having been abducted by aliens
0:57.5	and replaced, worries about being in a simulation, worries about being God, worrying your partner
1:04.6	is not the sexual orientation they say they are, worrying about catching someone's undesirable
1:10.5	aspects of their character,
1:12.8	and much more. OCD can feel overwhelming, but help is closer than you think. NoCD provides expert
1:19.5	led, evidence-based therapy for children and adults affected by OCD. With convenient online therapy
1:25.5	from licensed, specialized therapists and real-time support between
1:30.1	sessions. NoCD makes getting the right treatment easier than ever. Start your journey today at
1:35.9	nocd.com or the link will be in the episode description. So thank you to Steve as always for his
1:41.6	time and expertise. I deeply appreciate it.
1:46.3	And of course, thank you to you guys for listening.
1:47.3	It means a lot.
1:49.9	About for a ado, here is Steve.
1:51.5	Welcome to the podcast, Steve.
1:53.5	Thank you.
1:57.6	Once again, always a pleasure and always look forward to it.
2:00.3	Yeah, it's good to have you back on.
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