My friend Douglas Williams (President of the Real OCD Club and the Un Alone Club at BYU; dual-major at BYU, RM, MTC Teacher) joins us to share his journey with OCD and scrupulosity:

Understanding, managing, and accepting intrusive thoughts—not a sign of worthiness

Thoughts don’t have anything to do with our character

Undiagnosed scrupulosity entering mission field (repeated confessions to Stake President)

Difficult start to mission, medication, things got better (still misdiagnosed)

Coming home from mission, going off medication, and crashing

Finally got a correct diagnosis—path to healing

Importance of Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy

Ego-syntonic thoughts (line up with values) and ego-dystonic thoughts (don’t line up with values)—super powerful distinction

Invitation to join the Real OCD Club at BYU (focused on OCD)

Invitation to join Un-Alone Club at BYU (focused on solving porn use)

If you are working to understand and navigate OCD in yourself or help others, Douglas’ podcast will help you. Douglas—who has a gift of great communication—does an excellent job of helping us all better understand OCD/Scrupulosity and how to solve these mental health challenges.

Links:

Real OCD Club at BYU on Instagram: @readocdblub

Un Alone Club at BYU on Instagram: @un.alone.byu