Story: Lydia (#363)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2023

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Summary

In episode 363 I interviewed Lydia who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.

In this episode we discuss her story, including OCD themes: religious, relationship, somatic, contamination, peadophile, and health anxiety. Lydia talks about dermatillomania (skin picking), chronic pain, breath work, surfing, pilates, her faith, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/lydia-363

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0:00.0	You're listening to The O. C.D do this for interviewing inspired therapists,
0:15.2	psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories.
0:20.7	And welcome to episode 363 of the podcast and in this one I got on Lydia
0:26.2	who kindly shared her story with us and in particular we talk about various themes
0:32.4	including religious themed
0:34.1	OCD relationship themed OCD
0:36.4	pedophile themed OCD somatic themed OCD how of anxiety and many more.
0:43.7	We talk about breath work, surfing, Pilates,
0:47.4	chronic pain, dermatillomania, so skin picking.
0:51.6	Lydia goes into a lot of detail in all of this as well as
0:55.5	what's helped her, her journey to recovery, where she's at now. So about two-thirds
1:01.2	of the way through this episode my microphone decides to stop working for a little while
1:06.2	So it may sound like I've gone silent, but don't worry it doesn't interrupt Lydia's story
1:11.4	But just to explain if you wonder why you can't hear me at all.
1:15.4	But then microframe works later on and I get back to conversation.
1:20.0	It was good to hear Lydia's story and I hope it resonates with many of you.
1:24.0	And thank you to No-CD for supporting the podcast.
1:27.0	No-C-D offers effective and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US.
1:32.0	To find out more about No- an OCD, their therapy plans, if they
1:35.1	currently take your insurance, or to download their free app, head to go.
1:39.8	TreatMy OCD.com forward slash the OCD stories.
1:43.7	Or the link will be in the episode description.
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