Chrissie Hodges: Advocating for taboo OCD themes (#480)

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Stuart

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In episode 480 I chat with Chrissie Hodges. Chrissie is a Peer Support specialist, founder of OCD Gamechangers, and Author of ‘Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder’. Chrissie was awarded the hero award at the 24th IOCDF conference in San Fran.

We talk advocacy, censorship, stigma, the need for advocates to talk about all experiences of OCD to normalise all experiences including taboo themes, the difficulties of opening up, how cancel culture may have hindered advocacy, encouragement to share the whole picture of OCD, the topic of advocacy or influencer, how to handle criticism online, having an advocacy mission statement, and much more.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/chrissie-480

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0:00.0	You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.
0:05.5	The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive,
0:11.1	compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people
0:16.8	who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD Stories.
0:24.6	And welcome to episode 480 of the podcast. And in this one I got back on Chrissy Hodges. Chrissy is a peer support specialist, founder of OCD Game Changers, and author of Pure OCD, The Invisible Side of Obsessive, Compulsive Disorder.
0:36.6	So in this one, we talk about advocacy,
0:40.0	censorship, stigma, the need for advocates to talk about all experiences of OCD to normalise
0:45.7	all the experiences, including taboo themes, the difficulties of opening up, how council culture
0:52.3	may have hindered advocacy, encouragement to share the whole
0:55.8	picture of OCD, the topic of advocacy or influencer, how to handle criticism online, having an
1:02.7	advocacy mission statement, and much more. So this is more of a casual chat between Chrissy and
1:08.1	myself this episode, which I think some of you may like.
1:11.9	It's a little bit different to me normally stepping back a bit more as interviewer
1:17.6	and maybe Chrissy and I bouncing ideas off of each other a bit more later on in the episode.
1:23.5	Struggling with OCD, you're not alone.
1:26.4	NoCD offers live face-to-face video therapy with licensed specialists who truly understand OCD.
1:33.2	NoCD therapists are trained in Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy, the gold standard for OCD treatment, and provide personalized treatment and support for children and adults.
1:42.9	Take the first step towards regaining your life today.
1:46.0	Visit nocd.com or the link will be in the episode description to book a free call.
1:51.8	So thank you to you guys as always for listening.
1:54.1	I deeply appreciate it.
1:55.7	Thank you to all the advocates out there because it relates to this episode.
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