The OCD Chronicles
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.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Being a parent with OCD, with OCD blogger and mental health advocate Catherine Benfield
With her innovative OCD blog Taming Olivia, Catherine Benfield has long brought new ideas to the table on how best to manage OCD. This week we get into that - but pertinently, also Catherine's experi…
COMING SOON! 'Can We Not Knock It?': A Podcast About The England Football Team at Euro 2020
Can We Not Knock It? is a podcast about the England Football Team at Euro 2020.
It's brought to you by Spoook Mediargh - the people behind The Spoook Podcast and The OCD Chronicles. If you like either…
Relationship OCD, and much, much more - a conversation with comedian and musician, Danni Jackson
As well as being a properly brilliant human, Danni Jackson is an actor, writer and comedian. She's one half of the very funny duo Jackson & Fuller, who are currently working with Comedy Central. Thei…
OCD and grief, OCD and spirituality - a conversation with author Jen Teegarden
This week I have a conversation with author Jen Teegarden. She's fascinating company, though I knew this from the moment I first spoke to her for The OCD Chronicles website sometime last year. Jen ha…
BONUS EPISODE! Trying to make sense of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a conversation with journalist Sophie Ward
When student journalist and OCD sufferer Sophie Ward got in touch and asked if I would contribute to a piece she was writing about OCD and journalism, I fully intended to contribute. That was the pla…
OCD, writing and the cruelty of the mind, with novelist Emma Grae
I've been a professional journalist for almost 20-years, and - for the first time ever, really - I'm ready to admit, to myself more than anyone, how difficult my OCD has made my chosen profession. Wr…
The OCD Chronicles: LIVE! A conversation with Dr. Jo Edge, actor Sorcha McCaffrey, and authors David Adam and Maximilian Hawker
To mark twelve months of 'The OCD Chronicles' - www.itstheocdchronicles.com - journalist and host James McMahon - that’s me! - held an online discussion about the realities of OCD, with site alumni D…
Loving someone with OCD. A conversation with parent and writer Saundra Goldman
If you spend time on Twitter, you might know that @Shiraisinspired is one of the OCD communities bravest and boldest voices. But the blast radius of OCD is wide. Few in the orbit or a sufferer aren''…
What Resident Evil can teach us about OCD. No really. Let Dom O'Brien explain!
Remember episode two, and the conversation I had with Dr. Sachin Shah from Gaming The Mind about the relationship between videogames and mental health? Well, Dr. Shah turned me on to a brilliant arti…
Videogames and mental health. A conversation with Dr Sachin Shah, psychiatrist and member of UK-based charity 'Gaming the Mind'
I love videogames. They dampen my chaotic brain. But are they helping or hindering my recovery? This week I speak to Dr Sachin Shah about 'Gaming The Mind', an organisation made up of UK-based mental…
BONUS EPISODE! OCD during a pandemic, a conversation with actor and sufferer, Maryam Grace
On this bonus episode of The OCD Chronicles, a conversation with actor and sufferer - and my friend - Maryam Grace. We talk primarily about having OCD during a global pandemic, but also the concept …
A conversation with Izzy Wanders, YouTuber and mental health advocate
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, thrive…