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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Apr 20211h 31min
Loving someone with OCD. A conversation with parent and writer Saundra Goldman
If you spend time on Twitter, you might know that @Shiraisinspired is one of the OCD communities bravest and boldest voices. But the blast radius of OCD is wide. Few in the orbit or a sufferer aren''t...
26 Apr 202135min
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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 202153min
