OCD Straight Talk

Oct 25 2024 183 ep. 19 mins 773
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/chris-leins/subscribe An anxiety and OCD treatment-specialist explains how these debilitating conditions are effectively treated, why sometimes they're not, and how anxiety sufferers tend to keep themselves symptomatic. This podcast is designed both for those who suffer from anxiety disorders, and OCD and related disorders, and those who seek to treat this population with greater efficacy. Subscribe at: https://anchor.fm/chris-leins/subscribe

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I Got Dirt on Ya: Contamination OCD

Oct 25 2024 27 mins  
Chris discusses some of the gears and guts of working with Contamination-OCDers. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

I'm Not Sure It's Really Romance: Relationship-OCD

Oct 18 2024 23 mins  
Chris discusses Relationship OCD, its faces and presentations, and gives some practical tips on what to do if that's YOU. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

It Just Feels WRONG: Just-Right OCD

Oct 11 2024 24 mins  
Chris discusses so-called Just-Right OCD and the feeling that task didn't get completed right. He also presents some variations of Just-Right OCD and subtypes that often present with it. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

I'm Sick! And Nobody Knows It but Me

Oct 04 2024 20 mins  
Chris discusses Illness Anxiety Disorder, and provides a look at the many ways this condition affects patients. He provides examples and shows how some tools can be applied to relevant worries in different ways. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

The Final Question & The One Piece of Advice

Sep 27 2024 17 mins  
Chris presents and explains a question he asks patients in therapy that is intended to help them summarize in short-form what they're learning in the process of better managing symptoms. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

The Lens Grows Bigger

Sep 20 2024 21 mins  
Chris shares some of his own experiences with OCD, and discusses some common experiences others have with seeing around the OCD-lens. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

65.7% Threat Level before Compulsion. What after?

Sep 13 2024 25 mins  
Chris discusses a conversation with a listener seeking reassurance, and explains a tool that he gave her. As he's said before, uncertainty is your friend, not your enemy. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected] If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

It's You Against YOU: OCD is a Closed System

Sep 06 2024 16 mins  
Chris discusses the idea of OCD being an obsession much more with uncertainty than a concern with objective danger. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found the podcast helpful, consider giving it a 5-star rating.

Exposures Are Opportunities to Practice Skills

Aug 30 2024 14 mins  
Chris explains the concept that exposures are really just opportunities to practice skills that allow you to interact with your anxiety-system in a different way. The biggest hurdle that you will face in trying to "treat yourself" is not having a therapist there to ask you the real questions. Why are you not working harder to get better? Why are you gravitating back to th

A Self-Perpetuating System of Symptoms: the Cognitive Model

Aug 23 2024 15 mins  
Chris shares several case studies related to clinical anxiety and works to show you what they have in common so that you can better understand how to understand, dissect, and manage your own anxiety system. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found OCD Straight Talk helpful, consider giving us a 5-star rating.