Intrusive Thoughts Unmasked
Intrusive Thoughts Unmasked isn’t a traditional interview show, it’s a lived-experience space. Each episode brings you directly into the raw, unfiltered reality of life with intrusive thoughts. You’ll hear regular contributors, personal stories, and the under-discussed truths of what OCD actually feels like from those of us who have had to hide behind the mask.
Here, you get to take off that mask to be seen, understood, and accepted.
Episodes
8 episodes
Episode 8: Why Is Self-Compassion with OCD Difficult? A Conversation with Jonny Say
Episode 8We talk with therapist and advocate/educator Jonny Say of the Integrative Centre for OCD in London. Jonny is a regular contributor for 2026 and will engage in several discussions over the course of the year. Today, w...
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Episode 7: A Day In The Life of Being Hospitalized for OCD
This is part of the series of:A Day In The Life of...And today we are talking about what it's like to be hospitalized for OCD. This is an experience that is not uncommon but is hugely stigmatized. Hospitalization is a source of shame...
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Episode 6: The Cost of Sharing: When Disclosing Your OCD Intrusions has Consequences
In this episode, we talk to Alie Garza. Alie lives with OCD and is an OCD Therapist and her story is filled with inspiration and resilience.Alie disclosed her intrusions to a trusted community, and unfortunately received a response many ...
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Episode 5: The Masks I Wore to Survive OCD
Why the mask made sense, and how I learned to live without itIn today's episode, Chrissie talks about the many scenarios we may not even realize we are wearing a mask, but yet we still feel the toll of it, whether that be with s...
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Episode 4: What Acceptance Means to Me
Acceptance can be both freeing and challenging, especially when living with OCD. There are many misconceptions around what it means, not only in our personal lives, but how it integrates into our lives on the recovery journey. Today...
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50:19
Episode 3: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Phillipson
In episode 3, we introduce a regular contributor, and one who is very well known throughout the world in the OCD community, Dr. Steven Phillipson. Steve is the founder of The Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York...
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