You're listening to The O. C.D do this for interviewing inspired therapists,

psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories.

And welcome to episode 310 of the podcast and in this one I

interview Sam who is kindly agreed to share her story with us and in particular

we talk about a sexual assault that came just before the O. C.

Worrying about getting an STI, pedophile themed O. C.D.

Her compulsions, doing exposure and response prevention therapy we discuss medication

and some self-stigma she experienced what else has helped her in her journey and

recovery where she's at now and much more.

I really enjoyed chatting with Sam and I think you'll enjoy the conversation too.

And thanks as always to No CD for supporting the work that I do.

NoCD offers affordable, effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US.

If you wanted to find out more about their therapy services and whether they take your insurance currently,

head over to go. Treatmyoced.com forward slash the OcD stories or the link will be in the. C. D. Stories,

and as always, thank you so much to you guys for listening.

I deeply appreciate it.

And about for every ado, here is Sam.

Welcome to the show, Sam.

Thank you. It's awesome to be here. Yeah, it's good to have you on.

And as you know, I want to hear your OCD story,

so you can go into as little as much detail as you want to share.

Okay, well, like I said before, I'm a little starstruck,

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