What I Wish I Knew Before Treating OCD
In this episode, Sonya talks about what shifted when she chose to work in a place where OCD isn’t treated as an afterthought. She reflects on what she wishes she had understood earlier about exposure ...
15 Feb 33min
The real story behind NOCD: Make-or-break moments & the mission that drives us
One year, Stephen Smith was the starting quarterback at his college. The next year, he was completely housebound, debilitated by a condition he didn't even have a name for yet.In this powerful episode...
12 Feb 40min
OCD or Anxiety? John Green And A Clinical Expert Explain
John Green knows how easy it can be to confuse anxiety and OCD—and how that confusion can keep people stuck. His own OCD symptoms were labeled and treated as generalized anxiety disorder for years, pr...
9 Feb 11min
How I Stopped Fearing My Darkest OCD Thoughts
During the 18 years she went without a proper diagnosis, Alison Dotson lived inside a "horror film" of her own mind. She was suffering from Pure O — a form of OCD dominated by mental compulsions rathe...
5 Feb 48min
Nothing Was Ever “Just Right” For Alex Anele's OCD
Alex Anele has been creating makeup videos online for more than a decade, building an audience of over a million people along the way. Behind the scenes, her lifelong OCD made almost everything feel u...
1 Feb 41min
John Green: The Thoughts I Was Too Scared to Share
Everyone has intrusive thoughts. With OCD, the difference is that they tend to escalate from 0 to 100 in an instant. Author John Green compares it to a snowstorm: three flakes, then four—then suddenly...
29 Jan 25min
What It’s Like To Have OCD In A Culture That Doesn’t Talk About It
Radha Bage grew up in India, a culture where mental health wasn’t discussed openly — not at home, not in the community, and not as something you sought help for. When OCD began to take hold in her adu...
22 Jan 45min
OCD Made My Own Thoughts Feel Unsafe
Faith Hilmer was terrified of driving — not because of an accident, but because of a thought. What if I have a seizure? What if I lose control? Those questions stemmed from her harm OCD that paralyzed...
18 Jan 38min
