Story: Megan (Worries of choking, health anxiety, existential and religious OCD) (#476)

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Stuart

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

4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In episode 476 I chat with Megan who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.

We discuss her story, worries of choking, hyperawareness of swallowing, her compulsions, other themes including existential and religious OCD, accepting and navigating relapses, OCD getting in the way of medication, health anxiety and fears of other mental health conditions, low insight, thoughts of suicide, and much more. Hope it helps.

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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.
0:25.1	And welcome to episode 476 and in this one I got on Megan who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story. In particular, we discuss her worries of choking,
0:32.7	hyper-awareness of swallowing, her compulsions, other themes including existential and religious OCD,
0:39.6	accepting and navigating relapses, OCD getting in the way of medication, health anxiety and fears
0:46.3	of other mental health conditions, low insight, thoughts of suicide and much more.
0:52.0	And thank you to NoCD for supporting the podcast. NoCD offers effective
0:56.0	and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NoCD,
1:01.8	their therapy plans, if they currently take your insurance or to download their free app,
1:06.3	head to go.treatmyocd.com forward slash the OCD stories or the link will be in the episode
1:12.8	description. So thank you to Megan for a time. It was great to chat with her and hear her story.
1:17.7	I appreciate it. And of course, to you guys, I appreciate you as well for listening and
1:22.7	supporting it means a lot. And about further ado, here is Megan. Welcome to the podcast, Megan.
1:29.1	Hi.
1:30.6	It's good to have you on.
1:32.6	So as you mentioned before, you've heard the podcast.
1:35.7	You know kind of how the story episodes go.
1:38.4	So I'd love to hear your story in as little as much detail as you want to give.
1:42.6	Okay.
1:43.1	Thank you for having me.
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