Story: Ian Johnson - Basketball & OCD (#243)

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

4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In episode 243 I chat with Ian Johnson. Ian kindly shares his OCD story with us.

In this episode I talk with Ian about his OCD story, homosexual and relationship themed OCD, his childhood experiences, feeling suicidal, playing professional basketball while experiencing OCD, superstitious thinking, getting therapy, opening up and talking about his pain with a therapist, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), words of wisdom for athletes with OCD, feeling connected with others with OCD, mindfulness, his book The bounce and the echo, words of hope and much much more. Hope it helps.

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to episode 243 of the Ocede stories
0:10.8	dot com podcast now this is a story episode I recorded with Ian Johnson.
0:16.0	Ian is a former professional basketball player and in this episode he shares his O.C. story
0:22.3	homosexual and relationship themed OCD, his childhood
0:26.2	experiences, feeling suicidal, playing professional basketball while experiencing OCD,
0:31.6	superstitious thinking, getting therapy, opening up and talking about his pain with a therapist.
0:37.0	Exposure response to prevention therapy. Words of wisdom for athletes with O. C.D. Feeling connected with others with O. C. D. Mindfulness, his book, The
0:46.2	Bounce and the Echo. Words are hope and much, much more. I hope you enjoy this episode. I hope there's
0:52.2	something in it that you find useful. I really appreciated my time with
0:56.6	Ian. Before we get into the episode a quick word from our podcast partners, No C.D.
1:01.2	No C. D are dedicated to creating a better everyday life for people
1:04.9	with OCD by making care more accessible, more connected and more effective.
1:09.5	To connect with one of their OCD therapists, schedule a 15 minute free confidential call with an O. C.D.'s intake team.
1:16.3	To find out more, head to go dot treat my O.com forward slash the O. C. D stories or click the link in the episode description.
1:23.7	Thank you as always to know CED for supporting the show and thanks to you guys for listening.
1:28.2	I deeply appreciate it.
1:29.5	And without forever ado, here is my conversation with Ian Johnson. On the podcast today I have
1:35.0	Ian Johnson who is kindly agreed to share his story with us and talk about his
1:39.0	book The Bounce and the Echo dying to love a game. Welcome to the show Ian.
1:44.5	Stoo, thank you so much for having me.
1:46.5	Yeah, it's good to have you here, man.
1:48.0	And I first met you in Austin, I believe.
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