Hey guys and welcome to episode 121 of the OCD stories

dot com podcast.

Now this episode I interviewed Richard Taylor and this is a story edition of the podcast and I've known

Richard for a little while we've never actually personally met we've known each other

quite a while a couple years now through social media and I

had the pleasure to chat with him sort of 18 plus months ago so I thought I'd

get him on to share his story he's been quite prominent in raising awareness around ACD recently, predominantly in the UK

media TV, radio and print. So I wanted to get him on to talk about that as well. And some of the key points that came up during our conversation

was kind of the importance for him of accepting

that he had OCD, finding the motivation to recover, you know, reason to fight, how sometimes, you know, he had to trust the therapist's head, the therapist's brains and not his because he was unsure of his, so he had to trust what the therapist was saying was in his best interest.

The importance of kind of making a choice, having the right people around you, the right network,

family, friends, other people with OCD, etc.

He also talked about how saying no to stuff has helped him.

You know, he's got very busy with doing all this press stuff

and he didn't have enough time for himself.

So learning to say no has been positive, his mental well-being,

and it's something I can testify to as well.

You know, believing change can happen is important one in the grips of

O. C. D or any mental health conditions. It's hard to believe that things can be

any different. So keeping that hope, that that faith and that belief.

Talking to others of OCD he mentioned this being quite a crucial one and you know the

people that come along to the meet up for the OCD stories each month in

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