BONUS EPISODE! Trying to make sense of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a conversation with journalist Sophie Ward
When student journalist and OCD sufferer Sophie Ward got in touch and asked if I would contribute to a piece she was writing about OCD and journalism, I fully intended to contribute. That was the plan...
8 Touko 202150min
OCD, writing and the cruelty of the mind, with novelist Emma Grae
I've been a professional journalist for almost 20-years, and - for the first time ever, really - I'm ready to admit, to myself more than anyone, how difficult my OCD has made my chosen profession. Wri...
3 Touko 202134min
The OCD Chronicles: LIVE! A conversation with Dr. Jo Edge, actor Sorcha McCaffrey, and authors David Adam and Maximilian Hawker
To mark twelve months of 'The OCD Chronicles' - www.itstheocdchronicles.com - journalist and host James McMahon - that’s me! - held an online discussion about the realities of OCD, with site alumni Da...
26 Huhti 20211h 31min
What Resident Evil can teach us about OCD. No really. Let Dom O'Brien explain!
Remember episode two, and the conversation I had with Dr. Sachin Shah from Gaming The Mind about the relationship between videogames and mental health? Well, Dr. Shah turned me on to a brilliant artic...
26 Huhti 202144min
Videogames and mental health. A conversation with Dr Sachin Shah, psychiatrist and member of UK-based charity 'Gaming the Mind'
I love videogames. They dampen my chaotic brain. But are they helping or hindering my recovery? This week I speak to Dr Sachin Shah about 'Gaming The Mind', an organisation made up of UK-based mental ...
25 Huhti 202144min
BONUS EPISODE! OCD during a pandemic, a conversation with actor and sufferer, Maryam Grace
On this bonus episode of The OCD Chronicles, a conversation with actor and sufferer - and my friend - Maryam Grace. We talk primarily about having OCD during a global pandemic, but also the concept (...
25 Huhti 202150min
A conversation with Izzy Wanders, YouTuber and mental health advocate
OCD is a terrible, debilitating disorder. It’s also routinely misunderstood. The OCD Chronicles is a podcast about the people who’ve fought this horrible illness, and, despite their struggles, thrived...
18 Huhti 202153min
