Brad Stulberg

They think they're crazy, but actually it's the fact that they don't want to do it and that it's accompanied by so much anxiety that makes it OCD.

They think they're crazy, but actually it's the fact that they don't want to do it and that it's accompanied by so much anxiety that makes it OCD.

So to zoom out from the weeds, it's some sort of intrusive thought and feeling

So to zoom out from the weeds, it's some sort of intrusive thought and feeling

that is like 10 out of 10 bad, accompanied by some kind of compulsion that you do to make it go away, which can be something external like counting, like organizing, like washing your hands, but it can also be something internal like problem solving or trying to convince yourself all the reasons you won't do that bad thing.

that is like 10 out of 10 bad, accompanied by some kind of compulsion that you do to make it go away, which can be something external like counting, like organizing, like washing your hands, but it can also be something internal like problem solving or trying to convince yourself all the reasons you won't do that bad thing.

I think it's a little bit of both.

I think it's a little bit of both.

So what I'd say is that I still have OCD, but my experiences of it are much less frequent.

So what I'd say is that I still have OCD, but my experiences of it are much less frequent.

And when I have them, I have tools and they're less intense.

And when I have them, I have tools and they're less intense.

So if these intrusive thoughts and feelings used to take up eight, nine hours of a day, and that's what it was like when it was bad.

So if these intrusive thoughts and feelings used to take up eight, nine hours of a day, and that's what it was like when it was bad.

Now, maybe it's a few hours a month.

Now, maybe it's a few hours a month.

How did I get there?

How did I get there?

The short answer is through eight months of therapy and medication.

The short answer is through eight months of therapy and medication.