
#701 - I No Longer Want To Die - Johnny Crowder
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Exploring the Impact of OCD and Trauma Response on Physical Contact
The speaker reflects on their struggles with OCD, highlighting how it led to avoiding physical contact due to contamination fears. They connect this behavior to a possible trauma response, theorizing that past experiences of harm may have influenced their aversion to touch. The speaker suggests that symptoms like OCD could be intertwined with undisclosed abuse issues from their past, indicating a deep impact of trauma on their behavior and mental health.
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