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The OCD Stories

Peter Weiss - Camping, Nature and OCD (Ep105)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8873 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In episode 105 I interviewed Peter Weiss. Pete is an OCD therapist based in Seattle. He has been co-running camps for kids and adults with OCD for 10 years. He was one of the therapists in the 2013 documentary Extreme OCD Camp. Pete is helping me set up a camp for adults with OCD in the UK. Enjoy!

Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/peter-weiss-camping-nature-and-ocd

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Hey guys and my name's episode 105 of the OCT stories.

0:08.0

Hey guys, I'm welcome to episode 105 of the OCT stories

0:12.0

dot com podcast.

0:14.0

Now in this episode I interviewed former guest

0:16.2

Pete Weiss.

0:17.7

The main reason is because he is running the O.C.

0:21.4

Here in the UK with me in May. So I wanted to get him on to talk about the camp

0:26.0

to talk about his experience over the last 10 years of running them in the States

0:29.7

A to obviously plug the UK camp I'll be running, but also to inspire people to get out more in

0:36.1

nature to camp more.

0:38.1

It's something that gives me a lot of enjoyment, you know, going with my friends and camping, really means a lot to me and some of our

0:44.6

best memories and I find connecting with nature helps.

0:47.8

So it's not just to plug my camp, it's just a plug nature generally and it's one of my,

0:52.4

at least for the time being one of my life missions

0:54.6

is to spend more time in nature and help others do the same.

0:59.2

There was a bit of calendar issues so we only ended up doing a chat for about 20 minutes but it

1:06.7

is entirely my fault not Pete's so there were some questions I couldn't ask but

1:10.5

basically we ask questions around around spending more time in nature.

1:15.0

There's a quote he has on his site about there is no certainty there was only adventure.

1:20.0

I asked Pete what that means to him. The things he's learned and the benefits he's found from taking people into nature and I also asked him if he's ever come across a Sasquatch or Bigfoot in Seattle is where he's based and he had a good answer for that.

1:36.0

But yeah, I enjoyed, as always chat with Pete, I am very grateful to him for running his camp with me. If you want to attend the camp,

1:46.0

applications are open and they close in just over a week and you can go to the OCD camp.com,

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