Episode 28: ROCD & Attachment Styles

Sheva Rajaee, therapist and author of Relationship OCD joins me today for an in depth discussion on Relationship OCD, attachment styles and how they can intermingle! Attachment theory is so important to understand in order to see how we show up and function in relationships. This episode gives great psychoeducation on what attachment means, how it may impact us with OCD, and are we ever able to change our attachment style?

This is a thoughtful and informative discussion, and I hope you enjoy it!

If you are in need of a community of people who can help you feel more accepted, less alone, and more connected to people who understand, please check out my online community for weekly support, monthly classes and events at

https://the-ocd-support-community.co.mn

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Episode 27

OCD not only impacts the individual living with symptoms, but loved ones feel the pain, the suffering, and often the helplessness of not being able to stop it or relieve it! There can be guilt. There can be stress and fear. There can be frustration. And there can be hope, strength, and love.

We often overlook the experience of the parent of someone with OCD or the loved one. And they often overlook their own mental health and coping skills. It can sometimes be put on the back burner.

Today - three stories of parents and their lived experience of what it was like to discover symptoms, navigate the often scary task of finding help, and how they take care of themselves while showing up for their kids.

If you are a parent and looking for support, resources, and other parents/family who just get it - check out Natasha Daniels resources at and @childocdtherapist on Youtube and Instagram!

If you are in need of a community of people who can help you feel more accepted, less alone, and more connected to people who understand, please check out my online community for weekly support, monthly classes and events at

https://the-ocd-support-community.co.mn

If this podcast inspires, supports, and gives you hope and you'd like to support us monthly or sponsor us, please visit our patreon page and become a member. Your contribution will help us continue the podcast and help us provide even more resources for our community! https://www.patreon.com/intrusivethoughtsunmasked

Episode 26: The Mask I Wore This Summer

This is a storytelling episode talking about a personal experience I've had this summer and in reflection seeing the many masks I had to wear. What I wanted to focus on was the 'why'. Many of us wonder why it is we feel like we *have* to wear a mask at times -with ourselves and with others. Sometimes it feels like it doesn't make sense, and others just don't understand. So today, I wanted to share through my own experience some of the reasons many of us pick it up and put it on, and then even how hard it is taking it off.

I hope this episode resonates with you, and that if you have or are experiencing this, you can feel like there's a 'why' attached that sometimes gets lost in the shame we feel.

If you are in need of a community of people who can help you feel more accepted, less alone, and more connected to people who understand, please check out my online community for weekly support, monthly classes and events at

https://the-ocd-support-community.co.mn

If this podcast inspires, supports, and gives you hope and you'd like to support us monthly or sponsor us, please visit our patreon page and become a member. Your contribution will help us continue the podcast and help us provide even more resources for our community! https://www.patreon.com/intrusivethoughtsunmasked