One Month Into OCD Treatment: How I'm Getting My Life Back
After the unexpected death of his brother, Matthew Testa's mind became consumed by health fears, rumination, and an endless search for certainty. Every new "what if?" felt like a problem that had to b...
25 Kesä 44min
OCD Says You're Not Disturbed Enough With Your Thoughts
Many people with OCD believe that the fact that they're disturbed by an intrusive thought proves they don't want it. But what happens when that fear, panic, or disgust starts to fade? In this video, D...
21 Kesä 5min
The OCD Trap That Feels Like Help
Reassurance feels helpful in the moment. You ask someone if everything is okay, replay a memory to make sure you didn't do anything wrong, Google the same question for the tenth time, or tell yourself...
18 Kesä 7min
How OCD Stops You From Enjoying Life
OCD doesn't just create fear — it can also quietly steal your ability to enjoy life. Whether it's replaying conversations, monitoring your feelings, avoiding things you love, or convincing yourself th...
14 Kesä 8min
OCD Almost Ended My Olympic Dream
Making the Olympics had been Ginny Fuchs' dream for years. But as she climbed the ranks of amateur boxing and moved to the Olympic Training Center, another battle was quietly getting worse. OCD was co...
11 Kesä 49min
What Makes A Great OCD Therapist?
What does it take to become a great OCD therapist? Our very own NOCD therapists, Barbara Windeknecht and Alexi Pyles, say it's not what you probably think (prior OCD experience). In fact, both came fr...
7 Kesä 39min
How An OCD Diagnosis Changed Tell Williams' Life
Tell Williams thought he was just a worrier. As a child, he believed things had to feel perfectly "even" or something bad would happen to the people he loved. Later came contamination fears, intrusive...
4 Kesä 47min
What It's Like To Be A NOCD Therapist
Barbara Windeknecht and Alexi Pyles have both worked traditional therapy jobs so they know what the tradeoffs usually look like: commuting, shared offices, rigid schedules, and trying to squeeze the r...
31 Touko 36min
