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OCD and Anxiety Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #29
Liking your desk tidy isn't OCD. OCD is being certain the house will burn down if you don't go back and check. Again. 🔁
Who it's for
The episode opens by challenging how casually people throw around terms like 'OCD', which validates viewers whose real struggles have been trivialised.
Confused→Understood
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What it is
Episode 29 of Crash Course Psychology, hosted by Hank Green, on OCD and anxiety disorders. It contrasts casual everyday use of terms like 'OCD' with what people who have the condition actually experience, and also covers generalised anxiety, phobias, panic attacks and how distressing these conditions can be.
Where to find it
YouTube, CrashCourse channel (free). Transcript on nerdfighteria.info.
Before you start
Heads up: Panic, compulsions and intrusive thoughts.
Age: Ages 12+
The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 50
