Dr Steven Phillipson: The top 6 emotions of OCD (#359)
The OCD Stories
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OCD - The Experience of an Urge
The idea of having an urge to reach out and touch someone inappropriately or to harm themselves is a very, very disturbing and overwhelmingly disorienting subset of the ability to do. Patients with this terror that they are not in full control of their actions spend endless hours looking inward and attempt to create a proof or confirmation that they are indeed not capable of engaging in this loss of control. An impulse is more like an external experience that they might perform and act but it is not necessarily a representation of their character or of their authentic interests. This podcast is not a replacement for therapy. Please seek treatment from a trained professional until we speak again.
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