The final episode of the show OCD?

Hey y'all, here's my post-therapy recording from August 12th. This was from my 9th session of exposure and response prevention.  This project is wrapping up now. Maybe one more summary episode, maybe not. 

In this episode I discuss taking a strengths-based perspective on OCD. I am interested in doing this. 

After i posted this, my OCD chimed in: "you don't have anything worthwhile to say, this episode is stupid, why did you even record it, your thoughts are boring."

Subjective units of distress (SUDs) for this is about 30, less than it could be because i have been podcasting and just talking for awhile now, despite these thoughts. if you don't like it, oh well. here it is. 

There will be just 2 weeks of this podcast remaining! And 2 days. 2 + 2 = 4. All satisfying numbers. Joking, sort of.

Last night there was a thud, listen in to figure out what my OCD made of that. 

Photo: picture of artwork by Gordon Coons

tHIS IS ANOTHER EPISODE WHERE I SUMMARIZE WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THERAPY TODAY. i AM RECEIVING erp (EXPOSURE AND RESPONSE PREVENTION) THERAPY. 

On this episode I speak with Dr. Jessica Bodie about all things OCD. Dr. Bodie is Clinical Psychologist and Director of Child Services at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (CTSA) in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bodie is also my therapist, and my scrupulosity OCD said that it is not appropriate to ask your therapist onto your podcast, but in the spirit of ongoing exposure treatment, and doing hard things, here we are! 

https://www.med.upenn.edu/ctsa/bodie.html

https://drjessicabodie.com/

yep still in therapy with Dr. Jessica Bodie. She will be my guest on the podcast next week. Also, I watched this after my session and it's not a full representation of what treatment looks like for OCD but it does give a little taste of it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPfIo15C71A

My therapist told me about Chrissie Hodges today and you can find her videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/@ChrissieHodgesPureOCDAdvocate

What's been happening this week: rats, strawberries, being around people. It is very smoky in Duluth because of some wildfires up north. 

I'm still in weekly therapy for OCD! And I really like it. I feel better after seeing my therapist. Maybe this is why I got multiple degrees in psychology - because I think the human mind is so interesting. 

These recordings will end August 15th. !! I’ll still have OCD after that point, but the big gainz of therapy will be partially realized by then. And I want to give myself a stop date so I can take a break from recording. 

Life with OCD continues. Here is the 5th weekly review. This podcast will run through August 15th. Thanks for being along for the ride!