The Truth of OCD: Therapist Alegra Kastens on Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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306. The Truth of OCD: Therapist Alegra Kastens on Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Therapist Alegra Kastens shares the truth about her lived experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) that is vital for all of us to understand. Detailing her own struggle, and work as an OCD specialist, Alegra helps demystify the relentless cycle of ego-dystonic, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and compulsions that define this often-misunderstood and under-diagnosed disorder – sharing why so many people have OCD and do not know it, and ways to support people with OCD without enabling and reinforcing the compulsions. CW: Discussion of intrusive sexual and violent thoughts as well as suicidal ideation. About Alegra: Alegra Kastens is a licensed therapist, OCD specialist, writer, and the founder of the Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders in New York City. Fueled by lived experience with a lesser-known manifestation of OCD, education and advocacy about OCD are at the forefront of her career. IG: @AlegraKastens TikTok: @AlegraKastens To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Pod Squad. Today is an important episode and a special one to me. We do want to let you know that we're going to talk about some very hard things related to obsessive-compulsive disorder, including discussion of intrusive
0:17.3	sexual and violent thoughts as well as suicidal ideation. We're
0:22.4	giving this content warning so that if you're not in a place to hear this discussion,
0:27.1	please skip today and come back next time.
0:29.7	Otherwise, please join us.
0:31.9	There are a lot of folks who need to hear these things
0:35.1	discussed because they may believe they're the only one struggling with these
0:38.5	thoughts and hearing that they're not alone could save lives.
0:43.0	Every one of us also needs to be reminded
0:45.9	that we are not our thoughts. Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. I love you and you. Both you I was thinking about that this morning so I wanted to
1:06.6	tell you and I love doing this podcast and I love the pod squat and I am really looking forward to the conversation today.
1:17.3	I feel like it's really a special one already.
1:20.9	It's sister, her name is Amanda, and she has been demanding this episode for a very long time.
1:30.0	And so this is going to be largely her baby.
1:35.0	I am so excited for our guests today.
1:39.0	Sister is, I think she's going to help us shepherd this one through.
1:44.0	So, sister, I'm going to turn this over to you.
1:47.0	Okay, thank you, Gee.
1:49.0	I truly do believe that the conversation we're about to have will save lives and I'm very
1:55.5	thankful to be a part of it. Today we are talking about OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive
2:01.9	Disorder which affects one in 50 people in the United States, yet
2:07.1	takes 10 to 15 years to get diagnosed on average.
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