I Turned My Scariest OCD Thoughts Into Art
Mia Mason spent most of her life worrying that she was secretly a terrible person. What if she hurt someone? What if she did something wrong? What if the thoughts she couldn't escape said something ab...
15 Loka 46min
Rainn Wilson and Howie Mandel set the record straight on OCD
Rainn Wilson describes his intrusive thoughts as “a shoe in the dryer”—relentless, loud, and impossible to ignore. Howie Mandel can relate.Both entertainers live with OCD, and while their symptoms sho...
11 Loka 27min
Rainn Wilson’s OCD kept him trapped in his thoughts. Here’s how he found peace
Being particular is nothing like actually having OCD—and Rainn Wilson would know. The actor famous for playing Dwight Schrute on The Office gets real about his own experience with OCD in this episode ...
8 Loka 29min
My Intrusive Thoughts Don’t Scare Me Anymore. Is That Bad?
You’ve spent so long being terrified by your intrusive thoughts. Then treatment starts working, the fear fades, and OCD finds a new question to throw at you: If these thoughts don’t bother me anymore,...
4 Loka 4min
Should You Give In To OCD On A Bad Day?
Bad OCD days are going to happen. Sometimes the thoughts feel more real, the anxiety is harder to shake, and resisting compulsions suddenly feels a lot harder than it did yesterday. The big question i...
1 Loka 6min
You Know Your OCD Makes No Sense. So Why Does It Feel So Real?
You know the fear doesn’t make sense. You’ve gone over the facts, reassured yourself, and tried to reason your way out of it — but OCD still leaves you with the same question: “But what if?” When some...
27 Syys 6min
Why Your OCD Keeps Changing Themes
You finally start getting a handle on one OCD fear — and then suddenly it latches onto something completely different. The thoughts may change from contamination to driving, relationships, morality, o...
24 Syys 5min
I Was A Therapist For 20 Years Before I Truly Understood OCD
Shawn Welty had worked in mental health for nearly 20 years — in schools, community mental health, trauma care, substance abuse, and more. But when he finally received specialized training in OCD and ...
20 Syys 20min
