Story: Rachael (harm OCD, postpartum OCD, fears of developing psychosis, health anxiety, existential OCD) (#469)

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

🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In episode 469 I chat with Rachael who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.

We discuss OCD themes including harm, postnatal fears of developing psychosis, existential, religious, and health anxiety. We talk about exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), learnings from ERP, how her partner helped, shame 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.
0:12.8	I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people who have experienced
0:17.8	OCD.
0:18.9	Welcome to the OCD Stories.
0:21.7	And welcome to episode 469 of the podcast.
0:25.4	And in this one, I chat with Rachel, who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
0:30.2	We discuss OCD themes, including harm, postnatal fears of developing psychosis, existential,
0:37.1	religious and health anxiety.
0:39.1	We talk about exposure response prevention therapy, learnings from ERP, how her partner helped,
0:45.6	shame and much more. And thank you to NoCD for supporting the podcast. NoCD offers effective
0:51.5	and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US.
0:55.3	To find out more about NoCD, their therapy plans, if they currently take your insurance, or to download their free app, head to go.
1:03.4	DotreatmyocD.com forward slash the OCD stories, or the link will be in the episode description.
1:09.4	Thank you to all of our patrons for supporting our
1:12.0	work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the other benefits you'll receive as a patron,
1:17.2	please see the link in the show notes. So thank you to Rachel for her time and sharing our story.
1:21.9	It was lovely to chat with her and hear our story. And of course, thank you to you guys for listening.
1:26.5	As always, it means a lot. About
1:28.9	for ever do, here is Rachel. Welcome to the podcast, Rachel. Thank you. Thank you for having me.
1:35.1	Yeah, it's good to have you here. So, you know, as you know, it's your OC story. So I'd like to hear
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