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
15 episodes
Episode 14: Family Dynamics and OCD - A Thoughtful Conversation with Natasha Daniels
Episode 14:Today we are talking with Natasha Daniels, therapist and advocate and educator for parents who have kids with OCD / anxiety. Natasha is a parent of kids living with disorders and she also lives with anxiety. Today we have a di...
Lessons from Paradise: The Sometimes Painful Epiphanies of Downtime
Welcome to Episode 13!Today is a day of storytelling. I was on holiday last week in the Bahamas...a very sacred place of annual rest, relaxation, and ... um, yes - often painful realizations after time spent without distraction and inten...
Episode 12: A Day in the Life of Harm OCD
`Today's episode is SO important and I applaud the guests for sharing their detailed experiences with the theme of Harm OCD. We hear about this subtype a lot, but are we really sharing the details of what it is like to experience it? It's shame...
Bonus Episode - Yep, I uploaded the wrong thing!
Hello!Yep - if you listened today and thought, what in the world is this, you heard my original recording of the intro and outro instead of the episode including me having to look through all my phone stuff because I had low data storage...
Episode 11: What Self-Compassion Means to Me - Reuploaded!
Episode 11: What Self-Compassion Means to MeThis is such an important topic for those of us that live with OCD and intrusions! Why? Because OCD makes us believe we don't deserve compassion - and why?! We didn't ask for this disorder, we ...
Episode 10: External Validation: The Silent Mask We Wear
I am excited to share this episode, it is a personal account of the different masks I have worn for decades trying to gain external validation. After my experience with OCD and my childhood experiences, I began looking to society and the world ...
Episode 9: What Mindfulness Means to Me
Episode 9: What Mindfulness Means to MeI'm so excited to publish this episode, as I believe mindfulness with OCD is SO confusing and has so many different meanings. Mindfulness absolutely is a concept, but is it what we believe it to be ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...