Story: Rebekah Collins (Contamination & harm OCD, PMDD, advocacy) (#482)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In episode 482 I chat with Rebekah who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
We discuss her early compulsions, trauma, an eating disorder, social anxiety and depression, agoraphobia, panic, being told she wouldn’t recover, her mum advocating for her, involuntary hospitalisation, diagnosis, joining support groups, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), harm and contamination OCD, dealing with shame, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), what helps her, her advocacy, 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. And welcome to episode 482 of the podcast. |
| 0:25.0 | And in this one, I got on Rebecca Collins, who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us. |
| 0:30.6 | And in particular, we talk about her early compulsions, trauma, and eating disorder, social anxiety and depression, agrophobia, panic, being told she wouldn't recover, her mum advocating for her, involuntary hospitalisation, diagnosis, joining support groups, exposure and response prevention therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, harm and contamination OCD, dealing with shame, |
| 0:57.2 | pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder or PMDD, what helps her, her advocacy and much more. |
| 1:04.2 | So we covered a lot in this episode. It was really great to speak to her and hear her story. |
| 1:09.1 | OCD can feel overwhelming, but help is closer than you think. |
| 1:13.1 | NoCD provides expert-led evidence-based therapy for children and adults affected by OCD. With convenient online |
| 1:20.1 | therapy from licensed, specialized therapists and real-time support between sessions, NoCD makes getting |
| 1:27.3 | the right treatment easier than ever. |
| 1:29.3 | Start your journey today at nocd.com, |
| 1:32.5 | or the link will be in the episode description. |
| 1:34.6 | So thank you to Rebecca for her time and coming on and sharing. |
| 1:37.5 | I deeply appreciate it. |
| 1:38.7 | And of course, thank you to you guys, as always. |
| 1:41.0 | I appreciate you too. |
| 1:42.7 | About for a redo, here is Rebecca. Welcome to the podcast, Rebecca. |
| 1:47.6 | Thank you. Good morning. Thank you so much for having me here. I am such a big fan listening to the |
| 1:54.5 | stories of those with lived experience and the wisdoms of experts. It's helped me so much at my |
| 1:59.6 | OCD journey, so excited to be here. |
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