Story: Alex (suicidal OCD, existential OCD, health anxiety, I-CBT) (#531)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In episode 531 I chat with Alex who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us.
We discuss his OCD story, suicidal themed OCD, inference-based cognitive behavioural therapy (I-CBT), worries of harming others, existential themed OCD, how his wife helped, meditation, low self worth, understanding the past, peadophile themed OCD, health anxiety, self compassion, and much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.5 | The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive, |
| 0:11.1 | compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people |
| 0:16.8 | who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. And welcome to episode 531 of the podcast. |
| 0:24.9 | And in this one, I chat with Alex, who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us. And in |
| 0:30.1 | particular, we talk about suicidal themed OCD, inference-based CBT, worries of harming others, existential themed OCD, |
| 0:39.3 | how his wife helped, meditation, low self-worth, understanding in the past, |
| 0:45.1 | paedophile themed OCD, health anxiety, self-compassion and much more. |
| 0:51.1 | And thanks to our podcast partners, NoCD. If OCD is interfering with your life, |
| 0:56.6 | no CD can help. Their licensed therapists specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy, |
| 1:02.7 | the most proven therapy for OCD. With no CD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual, |
| 1:08.3 | is available for children and adults with OCD. |
| 1:11.4 | And most members can get started within seven days on average. |
| 1:14.8 | No hassle, just real, science-backed help and support between sessions. |
| 1:19.4 | Begin your journey at nocd.com or I'll put the link in the episode description. |
| 1:24.2 | So thank you so much to Alex. |
| 1:25.6 | So his time and his story. |
| 1:27.2 | It was great speaking |
| 1:28.7 | with him. He's got a lovely energy about him. And thank you to you guys for listening as always. |
| 1:33.9 | I hope you enjoy this one. About for every ado, here is Alex. Welcome to the podcast, Alex. |
| 1:40.7 | Thank you for, thank you for having me. yeah. Thank you. Good to have you on. |
| 1:44.5 | So, yeah, you've listened to the podcast, you know the drill, |
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