Elke - Recovering from (Contamination) OCD (Ep102)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2017
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In episode 101 I interviewed Elke. Elke is a scientist for a biotech company and we know each other from Patreon where I have had the privilege of getting to know her and her story over the last year. On the podcast she shares her OCD story, and how she made progress in her recovery. Enjoy!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/elke-recovering-from-contamination-ocd
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys and welcome to episode 102 of the OcD stories |
| 0:09.5 | com podcast and in this episode I chat with Elka. I know Elka because she's been a |
| 0:15.1 | patron of the OcD stories podcast and website for I think about 18 months now |
| 0:20.5 | and I've really got to know who she is what she's about and I really |
| 0:26.7 | admired her approach to CBT and ERP and how she's recovered you know she's told me every step of the way what she's been doing. |
| 0:36.0 | And I really wanted to get her on to share that with you because I feel it's a good example of what good treatment looks like for OCD. |
| 0:45.0 | So Elka kindly shares her OCD story. |
| 0:48.0 | What she's learned in therapy and how that would help others. |
| 0:52.0 | She breaks down the types of exposure she did. |
| 0:56.0 | We talk about how family supporters are in her recovery. |
| 1:01.0 | We talked about making exposures fun now that's not necessarily |
| 1:04.5 | saying exposures are fun because they're not but it's more about having fun |
| 1:10.5 | after the exposure kind of as a reward or something to look forward to. |
| 1:15.6 | And I really like how she's integrated that over the last few months. |
| 1:20.0 | We talk about lifestyle changes and how putting more value-based activities that are rewarding, |
| 1:26.1 | meaningful and fun to her has helped her in her recovery. |
| 1:30.5 | And I ask her about self-help OCD books. |
| 1:33.4 | So she's been an avid reader of OCD recovery books, which I also greatly respect, and she's |
| 1:39.2 | implemented them as well. |
| 1:41.2 | So where some of the mistakes I made over the years was just |
| 1:43.5 | reading the things, she actually implemented some of the advice and we talk about |
| 1:49.2 | the books she recommend and how they've helped her. She's also soon to be training next year as a Pierce |
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