Story: Regan (Harm and contamination OCD, panic attacks) (#521)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In episode 521 I chat with Regan who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
We discuss her OCD story, the journey to getting an OCD diagnosis, moving countries in adolescence, panic attacks, harm themed OCD, contamination themed OCD, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), nightmares, childhood experiences of OCD, her cat in the context of OCD, her partner, the grounding techniques Regan uses, 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. |
| 0:24.8 | And welcome to episode 521 of the podcast. |
| 0:31.2 | And in this one, I got on Regan. Regan has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us. And in particular, we talk about the journey to getting an OCD diagnosis, moving countries in |
| 0:37.0 | adolescence, panic attacks, harm-themed OCD, |
| 0:40.5 | contamination-themed OCD, exposure response prevention therapy, having nightmares, childhood experiences of OCD. |
| 0:47.8 | We discuss her cat in the context of OCD, her partner, grounding techniques she uses, and much more. |
| 0:54.8 | And thanks to our podcast partners, NoCD? |
| 0:57.8 | If OCD is interfering with your life, NoCD can help. |
| 1:01.7 | They're licensed therapists, specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy, |
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| 1:13.3 | and adults with OCD. And most members can get started within seven days on average. No hassle, |
| 1:19.2 | just real, science-backed help and support between sessions. Begin your journey at nocd.com or I'll put |
| 1:25.9 | the link in the episode description. So thank you to Regan for her time and a story. I really appreciate it and it was nice to speak with her. And of course, thank you to you guys for listening. As always, it means a lot. About further ado, here is Regan. Welcome to the show, Regan. Thank you for having me. Yeah, it's great to be here. Yeah, it's good to have you on. So as you know, I'd love to hear your OCD story, |
| 1:47.2 | and you can share that now as little as much detail as you want to give. |
| 1:51.7 | Yeah, I guess it's kind of hard to determine where to start. |
| 1:56.9 | I feel like I've had OCD my whole life, honestly. |
| 2:01.9 | So I look back on it now as behaviors that I had as a child. |
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