Get to know OCD

"Trust your gut” or “just stop thinking about it” — these might sound like helpful things to tell someone struggling with OCD, but they can actually make things worse. OCD already thrives on doubt, reassurance, and the urge to get rid of uncomfortable thoughts, so advice that pushes someone toward more certainty or more control can end up feeding the disorder instead. In this video, Dr. Patrick McGrath looks at common pieces of advice that aren't helpful for people with OCD.

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Lynette Eklund spent decades building creatures and effects for some of Hollywood’s most recognizable movies, including Beetlejuice and Jurassic Park. Behind that career, though, was something she didn’t understand. Since childhood, Lynette had lived with rigid rules, terrifying fears around food, an intense need to avoid failure, and thoughts she knew didn’t make logical sense but could never talk herself out of. She simply thought she was “weird” — and kept most of it to herself.

It wasn’t until Lynette was 57 that she finally recognized those experiences as OCD. In this episode of the Get to Know OCD podcast, Lynette joins Dr. Patrick McGrath to look back at how undiagnosed OCD quietly shaped her childhood, relationships, and Hollywood career, why finally understanding her own mind took so much power away from the disorder, and why she wrote her memoir Weird in hopes that someone else might recognize their OCD decades earlier than she did.

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Tandy Cyrus didn’t begin her career in mental health. She spent years working in juvenile probation, helping young people navigate difficult circumstances while slowly realizing she wanted to make a different kind of impact. But after the birth of her daughter, her own life changed. Severe postpartum OCD pushed her into treatment and gave her a firsthand understanding of how consuming the disorder can become.

That experience eventually led Tandy back to school and into a career as a therapist. Years later, while trying to help a client with significant OCD, she saw how limited specialized resources still were and how many people continued to misunderstand the disorder. In this episode of the Get to know NOCD Therapists podcast, Tandy joins Dr. Patrick McGrath to talk about the personal experience that shaped her career and the path that led her into specialized OCD treatment.

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OCD isn't just intrusive thoughts. OCD can also create unwanted experiences that go far beyond thoughts — vivid images, uncomfortable feelings, intense urges, and even physical sensations that can feel incredibly real. And when those experiences seem to go against who you are or what you value, it’s easy to start questioning what they mean about you.

In this video, Dr. Patrick McGrath breaks down the different ways OCD obsessions can show up and why those experiences can feel so convincing. He also explains how people can get pulled into analyzing a sensation, reacting to an urge, or trying to make sense of an image — and why the real problem often isn’t the obsession itself, but the compulsions that follow it.

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Feeling unreal, numb, checked out, or like you’re watching your life from the outside can be terrifying. For some people with OCD, that disconnection becomes another thing to obsess over — checking whether they feel “normal,” questioning whether they’re really present in their own body, and getting pulled even further away from the moment.

In this video, Dr. Patrick McGrath explains how depersonalization and derealization can show up alongside OCD, and why constantly monitoring those sensations can actually make the disorder stronger.

At NOCD, we specialize in exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, the most effective treatment for OCD—a treatment that can help you live a fulfilling life. If you’re ready to take your first step, book a free 15-minute call with us at https://learn.nocd.com/YT

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