Story: Ellen (#376)

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Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In episode 376 I chat with Ellen who has kindly shared her story with us.

We discuss pocd, intrusive thoughts, self harm, experiencing sexual abuse as a child, going to inpatient and residential treatment, sexual intimacy while having intrusive thoughts, a suicide attempt, getting an OCD diagnosis, arousal non-concordance, shame, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), compassion, the idea of hope, and much more. Hope it helps.

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0:00.0	You're listening to The O. C.D do this for interviewing inspired therapists,
0:15.2	psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories.
0:21.4	And welcome to episode 376 and in this episode I got on Ellen who was kindly agreed to
0:27.0	share her story with us. We discuss POCD, intrusive thoughts-harm. Experiencing sexual abuse as a child.
0:35.4	Going to inpatient and residential treatment. Sexual intimacy while having
0:40.0	intrusive thoughts. A suicide attempt. Getting an OCD diagnosis, arousal non-concordance,
0:47.2	shame, exposure response, prevention therapy, acceptance of commitment therapy,
0:52.1	compassion, the idea of hope and much more.
0:55.7	I really enjoyed talking to Ellen, definitely an emotional story, but a really inspiring one too.
1:02.0	And as you know, an Oyd partner with us on the podcast.
1:05.4	And they've recently done another collaboration
1:07.3	with Howie Mandow.
1:08.7	So I've pulled the audio with their permission
1:10.4	and I'm gonna play it for you now.
1:12.1	And if you want to find out more about an
1:13.2	no CD you can click the link in the episode description.
1:16.1	Some personality quirks are really funny like I talk to my left foot more than I talk to
1:21.5	my right you know what's not funny?
1:23.0	And not a personality quirk?
1:25.0	O. C. D.
1:26.0	Although the term O. C. D. is widely recognized,
1:29.0	it's misunderstood by most people.
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