OCD Awareness Week

that we know that we need to push it out to more people so more people get aware of it.

And it's, I don't know if this would have already passed, but it's OCD Awareness Week coming up very soon, or has already been, depending on when this goes out.

And the theme of this year's Awareness Week is about spreading awareness of different less talked about subtypes as well, which this podcast always does.

So we want to get this out there to more people.

And it really disregards my experience and other people's experience who actually have the disorder because it takes away from what we go through on a daily basis.

So it is OCD Awareness Month and it is OCD Awareness Week.

And so this is why I'm dedicating my podcast this week to it, although it will be going out on Monday next week.

So it'll be just past it, but I still hope that people can take some value from it.

As a reminder, we have entered OCD Awareness Month.

It's also OCD Awareness Week.

We are in it currently, and I like to say every day is important for OCD awareness, which it is, but of course, we lean into these specific months and times to continue to normalize these conversations, get the word out, break the stigma, especially around OCD.

And so I'm very thankful to this guest and all the guests this month especially, and just in general I'd say, who are open and share their experiences or their expertise on these topics that are so important for all of us to hear, to feel less alone.

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Um, so but that was when I found the OCD community because my, my therapist, Amy, she was connected with, with the affiliate at OCD Connecticut.

And then she-- I had gotten well enough to the point where, you know, she floated the idea of like, "Would you wanna, you know, volunteer to speak at this OCD Awareness Week event?" And so I did that, and it was really, really great.

Um, it felt very, felt like a, a, a kind of a milestone of like a breakthrough of like being able to share about it with like probably thirty to forty people were there.

Halle-freaking-lujah.

And it is National OCD Awareness Week.

A lot of people have OCD, but they don't talk about it.

You don't understand the symptoms and what's going on.

And now I can say, "Okay, the depression does seem to be its own thing, and let me tackle that separately." So we could talk a bit about, more about how that's looked.

The other thing that is kind of kismet about this is that we are celebrating the launch of the second year of the podcast and ha- you know, the completion of the first year on International OCD Awareness Week.

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That's wild.

I know.

I, I texted you yesterday and we were talking about, you know, putting together this episode, and we were both like, "Oh, my God," and it happens to be International OCD Awareness Week.

So the question I wanted to put to you about that is, what, in all the conversations that we've had with experts and people with lived experience and in your own experience this past year doing the podcast and learning more about your OCD, what are, what is the thing or what are a few of the things that you still really wish people-

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Hello, and today I want to talk about OCD recovery awareness.

So this episode's coming out, uh, during OCD Awareness Week nationally, um, in, in the States.

But the thing is, is I've really never been that interested in, in making people aware about OCD and anxiety and fear.

If you're experiencing that, you're very aware that you're experiencing it.

I'm Angie.

With OCD Awareness Week coming up in this ADHD Awareness Month, I wanted to take a minute to share what I understand right now about my own personal experience along like how OCD actually shows up for me.

And I'm still learning more and more, you know, every single day about the complexity of this condition and how deeply the links go when it comes to coexisting with ADHD.

And I don't have it all figured out by any means.

Also, if you enjoy this content, please help us out by liking, subscribing, and leaving a nice review.

Um, with that said, what is mental health recovery? So in lieu of Mental Health Awareness Month, this is, you know, this is, uh, October of 2026 now, and, you know, they have OCD Awareness Week and all of this great stuff happening in October.

I wanna talk about mental health, and I wanna talk about mental health recovery very specifically.

Because a lot of times we, we compartmentalize things into certain things, right? You know, spiritual health, mental health, emotional health, physical health, and not realizing that they really all exist together.