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[Ep.15] OCD - Can't You Stop Obsessing?
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OCD is often misrepresented in the media. Whath is really behind the ritualistic actions that affected persons feel compelled to do to quell their unease? How does it feel to have unwanted, recurring thoughts? What is the source of this disorder? If you are affected, how can you turn a seeming weakness such as OCD to your own advantage, in order to develop yourself into something greater?
Wikipedia article on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder
Book Recommendation: "You are not your Brain" by Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Rebecca Gladding MD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEPfHJ6SajI
Talk: "You are not your brain" by Dr. Jeffrey M Schwartz at Mind & Its Potential 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcrGlUHlu4M
Article on covert OCD
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/because-we-are-bad/202009/what-are-mental-compulsions-in-ocd
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Attributions:
Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)
60 episodes
Manage episode 282518264 series 2576113
OCD is often misrepresented in the media. Whath is really behind the ritualistic actions that affected persons feel compelled to do to quell their unease? How does it feel to have unwanted, recurring thoughts? What is the source of this disorder? If you are affected, how can you turn a seeming weakness such as OCD to your own advantage, in order to develop yourself into something greater?
Wikipedia article on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder
Book Recommendation: "You are not your Brain" by Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Rebecca Gladding MD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEPfHJ6SajI
Talk: "You are not your brain" by Dr. Jeffrey M Schwartz at Mind & Its Potential 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcrGlUHlu4M
Article on covert OCD
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/because-we-are-bad/202009/what-are-mental-compulsions-in-ocd
Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoamipodcast/
Attributions:
Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)
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