Story: Mike (sexual orientation OCD, existential OCD, somatic OCD, harm OCD) (#526)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In episode 526 I chat with Mike who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us.
We discuss sexual orientation themed OCD, existential themed OCD, somatic themed OCD, harm themed OCD, compulsing around the recovery process, getting therapy, working with Dr Steven Phillipson and Dr Michael Alcee, words of hope and much more.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/mike-526 (Episode includes explicit language)
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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. |
| 0:25.3 | And welcome to episode 526 of the podcast. And in this one, I chat with Mike, who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us. Now, you may have |
| 0:31.0 | heard a podcast I did with one of Dr. Stephen Phillipson's OCD groups a while ago, and Mike was one of the participants on that |
| 0:39.4 | podcast. So it's great to speak with Mike in more detail about his story, and in particular, we talk |
| 0:44.8 | about sexual orientation themed OCD, existential themed OCD, somatic themed OCD, compulsing |
| 0:53.0 | around the recovery process, getting therapy, working |
| 0:57.0 | with Dr. Stephen Philipson and Dr. Michael Ulsey, words of hope, and much, much more. |
| 1:02.1 | Now, it's a real pleasure chatting with Mike, incredible guy, really kind of read around, |
| 1:08.9 | learnt lots from different people, stayed open-minded and implemented it where |
| 1:14.5 | he could. And it shows in his episode and I think you'll find it useful and he does name-drop |
| 1:21.8 | a lot of people. So hopefully that gives you some ideas of where to look and where to learn from. |
| 1:26.7 | And thanks to our podcast partners, |
| 1:29.0 | NoCD. If OCD is interfering with your life, NoCD can help. Their licensed therapists specialize in |
| 1:36.4 | exposure and response prevention therapy, the most proven therapy for OCD. With no CD, effective |
| 1:42.4 | treatment that is 100% virtual is available for children and adults with OCD. With NoCD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual is available for children and adults |
| 1:46.3 | with OCD. And most members can get started within seven days on average. No hassle, just real, |
| 1:52.2 | science-backed help and support between sessions. Begin your journey at nocd.com or I'll put the |
| 1:58.5 | link in the episode description. So thank you so much to Mike for coming back on and giving more of his time and in more detail of his story. I deeply appreciate it. And of course, thank you to you guys for listening. As always, I appreciate you too. It means a lot. And without forever ado, here is Mike. Welcome to the podcast, Mike. Hey, how good to have you here? Or back on. Yes, |
| 2:22.3 | second time after being here in the group with Dr. Skeez-O-Zuss-O-this-Lis. Yeah, yeah, it's good to have you here. |
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