The Courtroom Battle In My Brain - OCD & An Eating Disorders

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This week the fellas sit down with Katie to dive head first into the world of OCD, intrusive thoughts and eating disorders! Since a young lass Katie has been battling with a catalogue full of OCD rituals and intrusive thoughts that came with their own physical manifestations. A struggle that her and her brother both had to deal with. From being convinced she was a power ranger robot to her parent's guaranteed death her mind spiralled out of control to the point of developing an eating disorder. She is doing much better these days and is even doing her Master’s, researching how overmedicalized definitions of severe mental illness affect mental health policy! Buckle up for an eye-opening conversation!

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0:00.0	It's becoming pretty clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is ripping up the political
0:05.3	playbook.
0:05.8	And when it comes to what it all means for Canada, well, as they say, it's complicated.
0:09.8	But our podcast, two blocks from the White House, is a way to make sense of it all.
0:13.8	Join me, Willie Lowry, and senior Washington correspondents, Paul Hunter and Katie Simpson
0:18.6	every week as we break down the headlines from Capitol Hill
0:22.1	with a Canadian spin.
0:24.2	Find and follow two blocks from the White House on your favorite podcast app, including YouTube.
0:30.3	This is a CBC podcast.
0:33.4	Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast that talks about what it's like to be sick.
0:37.3	This week's guest is Katie.
0:39.0	She manages both OCD and anorexia.
0:41.9	Let's talk about it.
0:49.3	It is literally neither here nor there.
0:51.6	But you know what is here and there is our guest tonight, Katie.
0:57.6	Hi.
0:58.3	Hi.
0:58.8	How'd you like that for a transfer?
1:01.6	That was pretty good.
1:02.1	I thought it was mediocre.
1:03.3	Here, pull that mic right up close to your face.
1:05.6	It wasn't much of a segue because you started recording.
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