Story: Angie (Health anxiety, contamination OCD, suicidal OCD) (#523)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In episode 523 I chat with Angie who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
We discuss health anxiety, contamination themed OCD, and suicidal themed OCD. Doubting whether it's OCD or not, compulsions, uncertainty, getting therapy including exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), relationships, exercise, having a dog in relation to OCD, 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. |
| 0:12.8 | I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people who have experienced OCD. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the OCD Stories. |
| 0:24.9 | And welcome to episode 523 of the podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | And in this one, I chat with Angie, who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us. |
| 0:36.8 | In particular, we discuss health anxiety, contamination themed OCD, suicidal themed OCD, |
| 0:39.4 | compulsions, uncertainty, |
| 0:42.9 | gang therapy, including exposure and response prevention therapy, |
| 0:48.9 | relationships, exercise, having a dog in relation to OCD, and much more. |
| 0:53.2 | So thank you to Angie for sharing her story. |
| 0:55.8 | I really appreciate it. It was great to meet her and speak with her and hopefully you'll take something from it. And thanks to our podcast partners, |
| 1:00.4 | NoCD. If OCD is interfering with your life, NoCD can help. They're licensed therapists, |
| 1:07.1 | specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy, the most proven therapy for OCD. |
| 1:12.4 | With NoCD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual, |
| 1:15.9 | is available for children and adults with OCD. |
| 1:18.8 | And most members can get started within seven days on average. |
| 1:22.2 | No hassle, just real, science-backed help and support between sessions. |
| 1:26.8 | Begin your journey at nocd.com, or I'll put the link in the episode description. |
| 1:31.7 | So thank you to you guys for listening as always. |
| 1:33.7 | It means a lot and I do mean that. |
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