Oh, hey, it's the bowl that's chipped, but not chipped enough to throw it away, Allie Ward.

This is Ologies. This is OCD. Okay, we asked y'all on Patreon your most desired episodes,

and this was among the top, which was both a surprise. It was also a delight to me.

Also a delight. We got the world's most revered expert in OCD to talk to me for an hour. This person invented the scale

by which OCD is measured. They've been working in this field for many, many decades and is pioneering

a bunch of new treatment and research for it. They studied at Boston University and Yale School of

Medicine. They've also been instrumental in

nonprofit work for OCD treatment and research. They're now a professor and the chair at the

Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College in Houston.

And if you have OCD or you know someone who does or might, their life is better because of this

absolute OCD icon. And just a content note,

of course, we talk about some parts of OCD that are distressing to people. And that's part of why

we're doing this to talk about it. But just a content warning up top that we do touch on self-harm

and some intrusive thoughts that might be a little disturbing to people. Now, I was nervous as hell to hop on this interview because I know their time is very limited, but we were able to cover so much, including questions from patrons at patreon.com slash ologies. You also can ask questions before we record. You can join that for less than 25 cents an episode. Also, Ologies merch is available

at Ologiesmerch.com, should you need it. And for no dollars, you can support the show just by leaving

a review. And I read them all, and then I pick Freshie to read, such as this one this week from

Michar, who wrote, if you were a kid who went to the scholastic book fairs, looking for nonfiction

books or fun facts books,

this is the podcast for you. Mish R, let's crack into the catalog. Let's get some OCD. But first,

also, thanks to sponsors of the show for making it possible to donate to a cause of theologist's

choosing. Okay, is OCD a niche condition? I would have thought so, since people don't talk about it a lot

unless it's an offhand punchline or like an excuse for a complicated Starbucks order. But research

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