Story: Amy (relationship OCD, harm OCD, contamination OCD) (#530)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In episode 530 I chat with Amy who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
We discuss relationship themed OCD, harm themed OCD, contamination themed OCD, realising that what was going on was OCD, compulsions, disordered eating, how her husband helped, finding the OCD community, doing exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), medication, 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. |
| 0:21.9 | And welcome to episode 530 of the podcast. And in this one, I chat with Amy, who has kindly agreed to |
| 0:28.3 | share her OCD story with us. And in particular, we discuss relationship themed OCD, harm-themed |
| 0:34.4 | OCD, contamination-themed OCD, realising that what was going on for her was OCD, |
| 0:40.3 | disordered eating, how her husband helped, finding the OCD community, doing exposure response prevention |
| 0:47.1 | therapy, medication and much more. And thanks to our podcast partners in OCD? If OCD is interfering with your life, NoCD can help. |
| 0:57.4 | Their licensed therapists specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy, the most proven |
| 1:02.6 | therapy for OCD. With no CD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual is available for children |
| 1:09.0 | and adults with OCD. And most members can get started within seven days on average. |
| 1:14.1 | No hassle, just real, science-backed help and support between sessions. |
| 1:18.7 | Begin your journey at nocd.com or I'll put the link in the episode description. |
| 1:23.5 | So thank you so much to Amy for her time and her story. |
| 1:26.1 | It was great chatting with her. |
| 1:27.6 | And of course, thank you to you guys for listening as always. |
| 1:30.4 | As you know, it means a lot. |
| 1:32.2 | Without further ado, here is Amy. |
| 1:34.7 | Welcome to the podcast, Amy. |
| 1:37.0 | Thank you so much for having these, June. |
| 1:39.6 | I have actually wanted to do this for years. |
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