OCD is a terrible, debilitating disorder. It’s also routinely misunderstood. The OCD Chronicles is a podcast about the people who’ve fought this horrible illness, and, despite their struggles, thrived. They’re stories that are inspiring, affirmative, uplifting, emotional and useful. They exist as a record of achievement. To educate. Perhaps even entertain. They’re stories about the lives that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder tried to extinguish.Your host is journalist James McMahon. His own journey with OCD is long and arduous - and it's far from over. Join him on a voyage of discovery as he attempts to make sense of what is wrong with his brain. Maybe even to find the peace that's alluded him for most of his life. It promises to be emotional.
So my friend and your friend Lily Bailey – author of the 2016 OCD memoir Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought and host of Wednesday night community resource, #OCDtalkhour - has got a ne…
It’s been ages and ages has it not! Yeah, I never got around to finishing season 2 did I? Life – unsurprisingly for a dude with OCD – got a bit weird there for a while. I stayed busy working on my Su…
On this episode of The OCD Chronicles, I’m talking to Dr. Katie Gordon.
Katie is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in cognitive-behavioural therapy, and she’s done research work in the…
According to the International OCD Foundation, studies show that almost all (in 2011 the percentage cited was 92%) of OCD patients also suffer from at least one other disorder. Among the most common …
On this episode of The OCD Chronicles, I’m speaking to comedian and author Joe Wells.
Joe wrote the OCD memoir Touch and Go Joe when he was just a teenager, which was reissued with new artwork and a f…
I’m over the moon to get my friend and British comics hero Jamie McKelvie on this episode of The OCD Chronicles. It certainly took some tooing and froing - but I do think it was more than worth the w…
This week on The OCD Chronicles I’m talking to writer and OCD sufferer Yan Baskets.
Yan has some story to tell - you can read his excellent blog at https://ocdetour.wordpress.com - about how, terrifie…
You know what? I think this might be my favourite episode of The OCD Chronicles to date.
In this hour plus long episode, I talk to American culture journalist Ilana Kaplan about her experience of livi…
Jack Pridmore wears a lot of hats. Footballer, author, man on the telly, and an incredible advocate for the societal understanding of OCD. And that's not even the half of it!
In this deep dive of an e…
Here's a fact about me. When I was a kid, all I wanted to do was draw cartoons. That's all I wanted to do when I grew up, and then somewhere along the line, I discovered journalism. I still doodle no…
TV and films ongoing struggle to depict and represent OCD authentically is a subject that matters to me greatly. I've written about it extensively in the past, most recently for The Guardian. It's a …
Hello. My name is James McMahon, I’m a journalist – I host The OCD Chronicles podcast – and wanted to let you know about a new podcast that I’m launching on the Spoook Media network on August 3rd, 20…
I've got loads in common with Chris Westoby. We're both from Yorkshire. We're both musicians. Writers. We've both written books about OCD - though in Chris' case, his has already been published! And,…
Ash Curry is one of the UK OCD communities fiercest - but also kindest - advocates. He speaks truth, and he speaks it loud, mainly because his suffering with OCD has been as wretched as one imagines …
Welcome to Season Two of The OCD Chronicles, and to kick this run of new episodes off, I speak to Professor Christine Purdon from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada about what's …
I thought you might like to know that Season Two of The OCD Chronicles is dropping – apparently dropping is a thing that young people say – into your feed on Monday, July 5th! I’ve spoken to other su…
Yeah, we're still on a wee break, honest! But I wanted to let you know about Season Two of The OCD Chronicles, which is coming on Monday, July 5th! I've spoken to some amazing people for the new seri…
Every person suffering with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder dreams of recovery from this wretched illness. Sometimes we need to be reminded that recovery is possible.
Twelve months ago, 'Jon' - @TheOCD…
It's not just my mental health that's in a state - my physical health needs some attention. Now, as anyone with a mental illness will tell you, exercise isn't a fix for a disorder or condition, and i…