In this podcast episode, Kiyomi interviews Lauren, a ROCD Course/Community graduate and AIR member on sex and intimacy with Relationship OCD. Kiyomi and Lauren discuss the shame that can come with the topic of sex and intimacy and how this shame fuels Relationship OCD and anxiety. They discuss topics such as media influence on sex, ROCD behaviors such as avoidance during sex, sex, and compulsions, intrusive thoughts, obsessive thinking with sex and intimacy, and other topics like sexual trauma, shame, and blame "is what I'm experiencing normal?", insecurity, self-criticism, self-pleasure, surprising emotions, how to use the difficulties that may arise from sex and intimacy as a way to awaken and so much more.