Laura Johnson - OCD Doodles (#270)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In episode 270 I chat with Laura Johnson. Laura is the creator of OCD Doodles and has kindly agreed to share her story with us.
In this episode I chat with Laura about her story, her earliest experience, existential and superstitious worries, how as a kid seeing a school shooting on TV triggered worries of harm coming to her family, how OCD impacted her family as a child, contamination worries, relationship worries, drinking alcohol to self-medicate, seeking help, taking medication, her treatment journey from getting the wrong types of therapy, her negative experiences of working with a coach, finally getting therapy with a qualified therapist experienced in OCD, feeling guilty around harm OCD, parenting while dealing with OCD, and much much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories, |
| 0:02.8 | hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.1 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and |
| 0:09.2 | understanding around obsessive compulsive symptoms. |
| 0:12.1 | I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. |
| 0:26.3 | Hey guys and welcome to episode 270 of the OCD stories dot com podcast. In this episode I interview Laura Johnson Laura is behind the Instagram account |
| 0:33.4 | who C. Doodles and I got her on to share her story. |
| 0:37.1 | She shares her earliest experiences, |
| 0:39.8 | existential and superstitious worries. |
| 0:42.4 | As a kid being triggered by seeing a school shooting on TV and worrying of harm coming to her family |
| 0:48.0 | How her experience of ACD impacted her family as a child |
| 0:52.0 | Contamination worries relationship worries drinking alcohol impacted her family as a child, contamination worries, |
| 0:53.2 | relationship worries, drinking alcohol to self-medicate, |
| 0:56.4 | seeking help, then taking medication, |
| 0:59.1 | her treatment journey from getting the wrong type of therapy, |
| 1:03.0 | her negative experiences of working with a coach, finally getting therapy with a |
| 1:07.1 | qualified therapist experienced in a CD, feeling guilty around harm aced, parenting while dealing with OCD and much, much more. |
| 1:16.0 | It was great to finally get her on and for her to share her story with you guys. |
| 1:20.0 | And thanks to NOCD for sponsoring this show. To find out more about |
| 1:24.7 | no CD and their therapy plans head over to go dot treat my OCD.com forward |
| 1:30.7 | slash the OCD stories or click the link in the episode description. |
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