Story: Sara (#388)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In episode 388 I chat with Sara who has kindly shared her story with us.
We discuss her story, themes of OCD: sexual orientation, harm, existential, and relationship. We talk about panic disorder, depersonalisation, depression, substance use, getting diagnosed, dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT), intrusive thoughts, death anxiety, compassion for her younger self, and much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.3 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding |
| 0:10.1 | around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. |
| 0:21.6 | And welcome to episode 388 and in this one I got on Sarah who kindly agreed to share her O. C. D. Story with us. |
| 0:29.0 | In particular, she talks about sexual orientation themed OCD, |
| 0:33.0 | harmed OCD, existential themed OCD, |
| 0:36.8 | relationship themed ACD, and we also discuss death anxiety. |
| 0:41.2 | She discusses dealing with panic disorder, depersonalization, getting a diagnosis, going through |
| 0:47.5 | dialectical behaviour therapy or DBT for short. She discusses intrusive thoughts and compassion for her younger self. A really heartfelt |
| 0:56.8 | story, I think it will resonate with many of you. And thank you to our podcast partners |
| 1:02.4 | NOCD and NOCD is celebrating. And no CED is |
| 1:04.4 | CED is celebrating three years of partnering with this podcast and in honor of this |
| 1:08.9 | anniversary no CD have offered people in the UK a special deal because I am a UK citizen. |
| 1:16.0 | So to honor the free-year partnership, they are offering new members in the UK a reduced rate of $32, US dollars, are roughly about 25 pounds sterling, per 60 minute |
| 1:27.1 | session if you start therapy before the 31st of July. |
| 1:30.6 | You'll be able to continue treatment at this discounted rate for two months. |
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| 1:39.0 | O. C. O. C. O. C. O. C. D. Stories to get this discount discount and you can find out more by going to go dot treat my |
| 1:46.5 | OCD.com forward slash the OCD stories so thank you to an OCD for offering some of my listeners this great discount and of course if you're in the UK currently no CD don't take private health care |
| 1:58.8 | So hopefully this discount helps you access therapy and of course if you're in the States no |
| 2:04.4 | CD take a lot of health care plans to go to their website to find out if you're |
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