Get to know OCD

• Inside Howie Mandel’s OCD: The Part of His Life Few See

  Howie Mandel returns to the Get to Know OCD podcast. He’s here to catch us up on his OCD journey — and yes, it’s a journey. Like so many people with OCD, his symptoms ebb and flow, sometimes quietly, sometimes in full view, including live television after being hypnotized (yes, really!). Howie’s back to revisit that moment and the countless others that slip past the casual viewer but shape his life in ways most never notice.In this interview, Howie opens up about what living with OCD actually feels like when the cameras aren’t rolling: the calculations, the fear, the unpredictability, and the work it takes to keep moving through a world that doesn’t always understand what’s happening in his head. He and Dr. Patrick McGrath explore how he’s learned to navigate those spikes, what helps him stay grounded, and why speaking honestly about OCD still matters to him — not as a celebrity, but as someone who knows exactly what it’s like to fight a battle most people never see.NOCD specializes in exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), the most effective treatment for OCD. Want to explore your treatment options? Book a free 15-minute call with us at https://learn.nocd.com/YTFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/treatmyocd/https://twitter.com/treatmyocdhttps://www.tiktok.com/@treatmyocd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Why You Can’t Stop Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, or Nail Biting

  For many, hair pulling, skin picking, and nail biting don’t feel like choices. The urge hits, the hand moves, and the moment is over before you’ve even registered what happened. It can be confusing, embarrassing, and often something you end up hiding — especially when you’ve “promised yourself” for years that you’d finally stop. In this video, Dr. Patrick McGrath digs into why these body-focused repetitive behaviours show up the way they do and why stopping isn’t a matter of discipline or willpower. It’s about patterns your brain learned long before you realized they were patterns at all.NOCD specializes in exposure and response prevention therapy, the most effective treatment for OCD. Want to explore your treatment options? Book a free 15-minute call with us at https://learn.nocd.com/YTFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/treatmyocd/https://twitter.com/treatmyocdhttps://www.tiktok.com/@treatmyocd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Perfectionism or OCD? Understanding The Difference

  OCD and perfectionism can mix together so seamlessly that people often don’t realize they’re dealing with two different patterns. Both can show up as a fear of mistakes, avoidance, overchecking, or the feeling that nothing is ever “good enough.” But OCD adds another layer — intrusive thoughts, compulsions, mental rituals, and a need for certainty that turns everyday tasks into high-stakes situations. Understanding how these two interact is key to knowing why some behaviors feel like “just perfectionism,” while others lock you into a full-on OCD cycle.In this episode of the Get to know OCD podcast, NOCD therapist and author Taylor Newendorp joins Dr. Patrick McGrath to break down where the two overlap and where they split. He also shares how certain types of therapy help people loosen rigid standards, challenge the rules they’ve built around performance, and relearn what “good enough” actually means.NOCD specializes in Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. Want to explore your treatment options? Book a free 15-minute call with us at https://learn.nocd.com/YTFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/treatmyocd/https://twitter.com/treatmyocdhttps://www.tiktok.com/@treatmyocd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Helpful Tips If Your OCD Flared Over Thanksgiving Weekend

  A lot of people with OCD come out of Thanksgiving weekend feeling guilty, behind, or convinced they “should have” used the time differently. In this video, Dr. Patrick McGrath explains how quickly OCD can take an ordinary Thanksgiving — the travel, the exhaustion, the unfinished tasks waiting at home — and turn it into a narrative that you didn’t do enough or aren’t trying hard enough. He also shares three practical tips to help if this is the mental loop you find yourself in after the holiday weekend.NOCD specializes in Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. Want to explore your treatment options? Book a free 15-minute call with us at https://learn.nocd.com/YTFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/treatmyocd/https://twitter.com/treatmyocdhttps://www.tiktok.com/@treatmyocd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• If OCD Turns Thanksgiving Into a Spiral, Do This

  Thanksgiving has a way of triggering OCD in places you don’t expect. A small doubt about the food, the table setup, or how an interaction “should” feel can snowball into a spiral before you realize it’s happening. In this video, Dr. Patrick McGrath breaks down why the holiday pressure sharpens those reactions and lays out what you can do when your brain starts pulling you into an endless loop.NOCD specializes in Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. Want to explore your treatment options? Book a free 15-minute call with us at https://learn.nocd.com/YTFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/treatmyocd/https://twitter.com/treatmyocdhttps://www.tiktok.com/@treatmyocd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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