OCD Almost Ended My Olympic Dream
Making the Olympics had been Ginny Fuchs' dream for years. But as she climbed the ranks of amateur boxing and moved to the Olympic Training Center, another battle was quietly getting worse. OCD was co...
11 Jun 49min
What Makes A Great OCD Therapist?
What does it take to become a great OCD therapist? Our very own NOCD therapists, Barbara Windeknecht and Alexi Pyles, say it's not what you probably think (prior OCD experience). In fact, both came fr...
7 Jun 39min
How An OCD Diagnosis Changed Tell Williams' Life
Tell Williams thought he was just a worrier. As a child, he believed things had to feel perfectly "even" or something bad would happen to the people he loved. Later came contamination fears, intrusive...
4 Jun 47min
What It's Like To Be A NOCD Therapist
Barbara Windeknecht and Alexi Pyles have both worked traditional therapy jobs so they know what the tradeoffs usually look like: commuting, shared offices, rigid schedules, and trying to squeeze the r...
31 Mai 36min
Why OCD Treatment Can Feel Worse Before It Feels Better
A lot of people start ERP expecting immediate relief, so when their anxiety spikes in the beginning, they assume the treatment is failing. But as Dr. Patrick McGrath explains, that discomfort is often...
28 Mai 6min
How OCD Traps You in Endless Thinking
Rumination can feel productive at first. It can feel like problem-solving, self-awareness, or “figuring things out.” But for people with OCD, there’s a point where thinking stops being helpful and tur...
24 Mai 5min
Why OCD Can Feel Like You're “Losing Your Mind”
One of the scariest OCD spirals can start with a simple thought: what if this isn’t OCD at all? For many people, OCD doesn’t just attack fears around harm or contamination — it can also latch onto the...
21 Mai 9min
Why ERP Therapy Works So Well For OCD
ERP therapy is different from what most people imagine. Instead of just talking about fears, it helps people with OCD gradually face the thoughts, situations, and sensations they’ve been avoiding. In ...
17 Mai 37min
