Hey guys and welcome to episode 265 of the OCD stories dot com podcast

As always thank you for listening I deeply appreciate it

And I've got another story episode for you

And in this particular episode I interview Chance McNeely. Now I met Chance at the

Game Changes event in 2020 and it was nice to meet him and get to know him there

so I finally got him on the show and in it he talks about his story his experiences of themes such as sexual orientation

OCD, relationship OCD, harm OCD, pedophile themed OCD. He talks about growing Harm O. C.D. Pieda-themed O. C.

He talks about growing up in an anxious household, compulsively overthinking things, how finding out

about intrusive thoughts was the start of his recovery journey. We talk about peers support and how that was helpful for him and how he's now certified peer himself.

We talk in depth in a lot of detail about how self-compassion has had a big impact on his personal journey in his life generally.

And then we talk about much, much more.

And this episode is sponsored by NOCD and NOCCD have now launched in the United Kingdom, my home country.

You know, they've worked really hard over the last sort of five or so years to really improve access to therapy for OCD so it's wonderful to see them

across the Atlantic Ocean and into the UK. So if you want to find out more about

that I'll put the link in the episode description or go to go dot treat my OCD.com forward slash the

OCD stories. Without forever ado here is chance McNeely on the

podcast today I have chance McNeely who has kindly agreed to share his story with us.

Welcome to the show Chants.

Thank you, Steve, it's good to be here.

Yeah, it's good to have you on man and I'd like to hear your story, O. C. D or otherwise. Yeah, absolutely. Let me first say that the OcD

stories podcast has been a part of my recovery journey from the very early days so it's sometimes

in a compulsive way but I would like to thank you for all the the work that

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