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Spencer Hyde: Living With OCD

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DB Podcasts

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.86.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Spencer Hyde first began to recognize symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when he was 6-years-old. Since that time, he has repeatedly seen God's hand in his battle against OCD. In this week's episode, we talk with Spencer about why God allows His children to struggle with mental illness and how the scriptures have aided him in that fight.

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In a recent article on LDS Living, Spencer Hyde wrote the following. At six years old,

0:50.7

I realized I cared more about the number of times the windshield wipers moved back and

0:55.5

forth than I did about the thunderstorm. At seven, I understood germs to be more prevalent

1:01.5

than air. At eight, I found it impossible to focus on anything religious because I was

1:07.3

counting the number of vowels in a church talk, tapping my knee and sets of three in order

1:12.8

to stave off a serious illness or a catastrophic event that I believed would wipe away my family.

1:19.2

And blinking, alternating left and right eyes, seven times when I saw the color black.

1:24.8

My rituals each morning sometimes took up to two hours or more and I often showered

1:30.1

at least five times a day, washing my hands a minimum of 100 times per day, but it wouldn't

1:36.1

be until years later that I would be diagnosed with OCD.

1:41.5

In Spencer's new book, Waiting for Fit, he introduces readers to fictional characters who,

1:46.6

like him, were faced with mental health issues. Spencer Hyde worked at a therapeutic boarding

1:52.4

school before earning his MFA and his PhD. He is currently an English professor at BYU

1:59.3

and he and his wife, Brittany, are the parents of four children.

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