You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.

The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding

around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists,

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

And welcome to episode 303 of the podcast and in this episode I got on Tuppio to talk about his OCD story and Tuppio is an aspiring film director from Finland and in it we talk

obviously about his story in detail sexual orientation themed OCD how

of anxiety gender identity themed OCD, health anxiety, gender identity themed OCD, going

in patient, we discuss meditation in detail and how this was helpful for him, how having friends

of OCD and sharing humor about it in tough times was helpful for him.

How he views intrusive thoughts, words are hope, his core fear and much more.

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And thank you to you guys as always for listening. I deeply appreciate it. And without further ado, here is Tuppio.

Welcome to the show Tuppio.

Thank you.

Thanks for having me.

It's good to have you here.

As you may know I like to hear people's OCD's stories.

So as little or as much detail, it'd be good to hear yours.

Yeah, well, it's a long story like everybody usually has. I think I have been somewhat neurotic person my whole life, but I think when those it really hit me like lightning was when I was 14 I still remember the

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