Coping with OCD's Intrusive Thoughts with Katherine Osborne - Ep 68
11/21/22 • 32 min
In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with a family friend of hers from church - Katherine Osborne. Katherine shared with the church that she was recently diagnosed with OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I thought it might be good for our audience to learn from an eloquent teen how OCD feels. Nowadays people joke that they have OCD when they’re bothered when something doesn’t quite line up, or if one tile is a different color. You see memes about OCD all the time. But that’s a very simplistic view of OCD that doesn’t honor the lived experience of people who struggle with this disorder every day of their lives.
In this episode, Katherine explains her own lived experience of OCD, and she mentions things she’s learned so far. But of course neither of us are OCD experts or healthcare professionals. We recommend getting professional help if you or someone you know might be struggling with OCD or any mental health issues.
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Resources about OCD that Katherine recommends:
- OCD & Anxiety YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ocdandanxiety
- What is Pure OCD? (School of Life Channel) https://youtu.be/Q9yKaI0vLJs
Other Resources:
- Other Parents Like Me - https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
- Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
- Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling
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Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson
Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao
Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson
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TIME STAMPS
1:12 Katherine’s hobbies & college activities
2:25 When did Katherine’s OCD symptoms start? (Thank you, COVID. ☹️)
3:46 How Katherine experiences OCD in cycles - obsessions and compulsions
6:30 What are intrusive thoughts?
8:54 How does Katherine manage her OCD?
10:22 How Katherine was diagnosed with OCD. Did her diagnosis make things better or worse?
14:00 How OCD has affected Katherine’s social life
15:45 How do Katherine’s family and friends support her when she’s having a bad OCD day?
18:11 Is OCD more common for adults and teens? Is it growing?
19:40 Katherine’s advice to parents of teens?
24:13 Can someone pull an OCD sufferer out of an OCD cycle?
27:20 First steps if you’re curious if you might have OCD
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In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with a family friend of hers from church - Katherine Osborne. Katherine shared with the church that she was recently diagnosed with OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I thought it might be good for our audience to learn from an eloquent teen how OCD feels. Nowadays people joke that they have OCD when they’re bothered when something doesn’t quite line up, or if one tile is a different color. You see memes about OCD all the time. But that’s a very simplistic view of OCD that doesn’t honor the lived experience of people who struggle with this disorder every day of their lives.
In this episode, Katherine explains her own lived experience of OCD, and she mentions things she’s learned so far. But of course neither of us are OCD experts or healthcare professionals. We recommend getting professional help if you or someone you know might be struggling with OCD or any mental health issues.
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💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: http://eepurl.com/hVIAVX
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Resources about OCD that Katherine recommends:
- OCD & Anxiety YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ocdandanxiety
- What is Pure OCD? (School of Life Channel) https://youtu.be/Q9yKaI0vLJs
Other Resources:
- Other Parents Like Me - https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
- Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
- Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling
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Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson
Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao
Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson
Email questions or comments to Safe Home at [email protected]
Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube
Support Safe Home on Patreon: Patreon.com/SafeHome
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TIME STAMPS
1:12 Katherine’s hobbies & college activities
2:25 When did Katherine’s OCD symptoms start? (Thank you, COVID. ☹️)
3:46 How Katherine experiences OCD in cycles - obsessions and compulsions
6:30 What are intrusive thoughts?
8:54 How does Katherine manage her OCD?
10:22 How Katherine was diagnosed with OCD. Did her diagnosis make things better or worse?
14:00 How OCD has affected Katherine’s social life
15:45 How do Katherine’s family and friends support her when she’s having a bad OCD day?
18:11 Is OCD more common for adults and teens? Is it growing?
19:40 Katherine’s advice to parents of teens?
24:13 Can someone pull an OCD sufferer out of an OCD cycle?
27:20 First steps if you’re curious if you might have OCD
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Previous Episode
Grandparents Raising Grandkids with Catherine Becker - Ep 67
In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Catherine Becker, founder of the support group called Joys and Challenges of Relative Caregivers. She’s a grandma who is raising her three young grandkids while her daughter struggles with addiction. When she tried to find a tribe of other relatives in her same situation, she didn’t find a group that went deep enough or that was small enough to create personal connections. So she made her own group. Her organization is raising money to provide financial assistance to grandparents and other relatives who are caring for or who have adopted their family members’ children.
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RESOURCES:
Catherine’s information:
- Joys and Challenges of Relative Caregivers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/861031841262074
- Catherine’s email: [email protected]
- Catherine’s phone number: 706-944-3454
Other resources mentioned in this episode:
- Safe Home’s episode about fentanyl: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/EMdGewW4Sub
Other Resources:
- Other Parents Like Me - https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
- Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
- Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling
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Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson
Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao
Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson
Email questions or comments to Safe Home at [email protected]
Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube
Support Safe Home on Patreon: Patreon.com/SafeHome
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TIME STAMPS
1:26 Catherine’s daughter Katie’s journey with addiction and incarceration
6:07 How Catherine plans to keep her young children away from drugs
8:50 How Catherine gained custody of her children
13:03 The boundaries Catherine has drawn with her daughter while incarcerated
16:45 How Catherine manages her emotions and gets support
19:11 How Catherine avoids feeling resentful toward her daughter
22:13 What kind of support do relative caregivers need?
24:26 Struggles Catherine has with her other adult children
26:40 Katie’s relationship with her kids
29:25 Family preservation, open adoption, and relinquishment trauma
33:23 How common is relative caregiving?
36:44 How can allies help relative caregivers?
41:08 Catherine’s advice for parents with teens
43:33 Katie’s mental health challenges
46:03 Catherine’s advice for relative caregivers
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Next Episode
Connective Parenting with Bonnie Harris - Ep 69
In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Bonnie Harris, a New Hampshire-area director of Connective Parenting, where she is a parent educator, counselor, coach, and speaker. She wrote two parenting books: When Your Kids Push Your Buttons and Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids: 8 Principles for Raising Kids You’ll Love to Live With. AND she has her own podcast Tell Me About Your Kids where anyone can listen in on her parent coaching sessions. Bonnie has a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education And is the proud mother of two adult children raised with her connective approach.
In today’s episode, Bonnie will help us answer the question: HOW CAN WE BE MORE CONNECTED WITH the KIDS in our lives?
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RESOURCES:
Bonnie’s information:
- Bonnie’s email: [email protected]
- Bonnie’s Website: https://bonnieharris.com/
- Bonnie’s Book: When Your Kids Push Your Buttons and What You Can Do About It: https://bonnieharris.com/product/when-your-kids-push-your-buttons-2/
- Bonnie’s Book: Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids: 8 Principles for Raising Kids You’ll Love to Live With: https://bonnieharris.com/product/confident-parents-remarkable-kids-2/
- Bonnie’s podcast, Tell Me About Your Kids: https://bonnieharris.com/podcast/
Other resources mentioned in this episode:
- The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive by W. Thomas Boyce, M. D.: https://www.amazon.com/Orchid-Dandelion-Children-Struggle-Thrive/dp/1101946563
- Hilltop Preschool: https://www.hilltoppreschool.com/
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Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson
Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao
Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson
Email questions or comments to Safe Home at [email protected]
Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube
Support Safe Home on Patreon: Patreon.com/SafeHome
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TIME STAMPS:
1:26 How Bonnie parented her own (now grown) children
6:08 How Bonnie developed her connective parenting model by learning about herself
9:25 The Dandelion Child and the Orchid Child
13:00 Bonnie’s own terms: The Harmony Child and The Integrity Child
13:50 Characteristics of The Harmony Child - compliant but harbors shame
16:40 How Connective Parenting focuses on the parents, not the child
22:56 Connecting with your child’s emotional state instead of their behavior
28:17 Connective parenting as an investment for your child’s self-confidence
31:04 Characteristics of The Integrity Child - demanding but knows what they want
36:07 How to turn the parenting ship around
40:26 How did Bonnie’s orchid daughter turn out?
44:10 “My child is having a problem, not being a problem.”
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