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The OCD Whisperer Podcast with Kristina Orlova

The OCD Whisperer Podcast with Kristina Orlova

Auteur(s): Kristina Orlova
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Unlock the secrets of OCD.

🎧 Expert insights, personal stories, and practical tips.

Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.

🎙 Podcast questions + collabs: info@theocdwhisperer.com

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  • 162. Social Media Is Making Your OCD Worse — Here’s Why

    162. Social Media Is Making Your OCD Worse — Here’s Why
    Dec 12 2025
    🧠Can social media trigger your OCD without you even realizing it? In this solo episode of The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova explores how social media interacts with OCD, compulsions, and obsessive thoughts. She shares strategies for scrolling with intention, not on autopilot, and how to reclaim control over your digital habits. Kristina opens up about: • How a quick scroll can spark OCD spirals and leave you feeling anxious or empty • The sneaky ways social media hijacks compulsions and triggers obsessions • Why intention-focused use is more effective than avoidance • Simple, actionable steps to reclaim control over your scrolling habits Whether you’re navigating OCD yourself or supporting someone, this episode offers practical strategies, awareness tools, and encouragement to transform your social media use into a value-driven practice. 💪Listener Challenge: Before bed tonight, pause and screenshot your home screen. Circle the app you reach for first when you feel triggered and post it (or save privately). Then write: “I’m choosing intention — not autopilot.” Let’s show social media who’s really in charge. 📲 About Krista Reed (guest): • OCD/BDD/BFRB Specialist in KS • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristaruthreed/?hl=en • Breathe Between Battles: A Daily Reflection Journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSL41QCR?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&bestFormat=true ✂️ TIMESTAMPS: [00:00] – What happens when social media feels like a drug? [00:28] – Why can a “quick scroll” leave us anxious and empty? [02:02] – How do endless scrolling and notifications hijack our attention? [02:37] – Can heavy social media use harm our mental health? [04:04] – How does OCD interact with compulsions and comparison triggers online? [05:02] – Why does a quick glance spiral into self-critique and rumination? [07:16] – How are OCD symptoms evolving with technology? [08:09] – What’s the difference between intentional use and avoidance? [09:02] – How can we use social media with awareness and intention? [09:50] – How can small actions help reclaim control over our mind? [10:49] – Listener Challenge — you MUST try this [12:07] – How can community support help in taking back social media? 📚 Research Sources Mentioned in This Episode: • Primack et al. (2017). Social media use across multiple platforms linked to higher depressive symptoms. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4853817/ • Keles et al. (2020). Social media associated with anxiety, depression, loneliness, and lower well-being. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7785056/ • Giraldo-Luque et al. (2023). Excessive social media use connected to stress, poor sleep, and emotional distress. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10129173/ • Lin et al. (2017). Using more social media platforms predicts higher anxiety/depression. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2017.1b16 • Hunt et al. (UPenn). Cutting social media to 30 min/day reduces anxiety, depression, loneliness. (summary) https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/cutting-back-social-media-reduces-anxiety-depression-loneliness • Dalvi-Esfahani et al. (2022). Compulsive social media use positively correlated with OCD symptoms. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9407245/ • Garcia & Thibedeau (2018). OCD symptoms increasingly include digital compulsions. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6120640/ • Frontiers Review (2022). Problematic social media use linked to OCD, ADHD, anxiety. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1106004/full ✅ Free Resources & Links 🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/ 📲 Stay Connected Facebook: www.facebook.com/korresultsInstagram: www.instagram.com/ocdwhisperer/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ocdwhispererTwitter (X): www.x.com/korresultsWebsite: www.korresults.com/ 📩 Business Inquiries: info@theocdwhisperer.com ✅ About OCD Whisperer Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey. ⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy. 🔑 SEO Keywords social media and OCD living with OCD managing compulsions mindful social media use OCD awareness strategies ...
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    13 min
  • 161. How Sex and Intimacy Can Help You Move Through Grief

    161. How Sex and Intimacy Can Help You Move Through Grief
    Dec 5 2025
    🧠 Can grief and OCD completely change your sex drive, intimacy, and connection with your partner? In this powerful episode of The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova speaks with Krista Reed, licensed therapist and trauma specialist, about how grief, trauma, cortisol, and the nervous system directly affect sexuality, desire, and emotional intimacy in people with OCD. ❤️This episode explores: • Why grief and OCD can shut down desire — or make it feel overwhelming • How cortisol and chronic stress disrupt arousal and connection • The role of sex, intimacy, and orgasm in nervous system regulation • Why shame around desire is so common in OCD • How trauma stored in the body blocks emotional and sexual safety This is one of the most honest conversations we’ve had about OCD, grief, and sex — and how to begin healing at the nervous system level. 📲 About Krista Reed (guest): • OCD/BDD/BFRB Specialist in KS • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristaruthreed/?hl=en • Breathe Between Battles: A Daily Reflection Journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSL41QCR?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&bestFormat=true ✂️ TIMESTAMPS: [00:00] – Why Grief and OCD Can Completely Disrupt Desire [00:42] – Lowering Cortisol: The Foundation of Emotional and Sexual Regulation [01:53] – What Chronic Stress Does to Libido and Arousal [02:39] – Journaling the Thoughts You’re Too Ashamed to Say Out Loud [03:28] – When Your Mind Is Loud but Your Body Feels Numb [05:02] – Creativity, Fantasy, and Sexual Energy as Emotional Escape [06:08] – Discipline vs Avoidance in Mental and Sexual Health [07:41] – Showing Up for Your Body Even When You Don’t Want To [08:36] – Mood Swings, Hormones, and Emotional Intimacy [09:24] – Burnout, Attraction, and Feeling Disconnected From Pleasure [10:34] – The Body’s Natural Drive for Physical Release [11:28] – Sex as Stress Relief: When It Helps and When It Becomes Escape [11:57] – The Nervous System, Orgasms, and Temporary Calm [12:32] – Shame, Desire, and Wanting Comfort at the Same Time [13:20] – Using Sex for Safety After Emotional Loss [14:43] – Physical Connection as a Shortcut to Feeling Alive [15:36] – When Pleasure Becomes Regulation, Not Destruction [16:12] – Emotional Regulation Through Touch, Not Self-Punishment [17:37] – There Is No “Wrong” Way to Feel Arousal During Grief [18:49] – Alcohol, Hookups, and Numbing Emotional Pain [19:56] – Dopamine, Sex, and the Trap of Chasing Relief [20:44] – Cultural Shame Around Grief, Desire, and Coping [22:08] – When Sex Feels Like Healing but Turns Into Avoidance [24:12] – The Line Between Connection and Self-Destruction [26:12] – OCD’s Role in Sexual Intrusive Thoughts and Guilt [26:54] – Letting Arousal Exist Without Turning It Into Compulsion [27:40] – Harm Reduction in Sex, Dating, and Emotional Coping [29:16] – Why Control Feels Safer Than Surrender [30:33] – Writing About Sex, Loss, and Shame Without Censoring Yourself [31:43] – What Sexual Self-Compassion Actually Means [32:56] – Forgiveness, Healing, and Reclaiming Desire [33:45] – Boundaries in Intimacy and Emotional Safety [34:38] – You’re Not Broken for Wanting Relief Through Your Body [35:42] – Final Reflections on Grief, OCD, Sex, and the Nervous System ✅ Free Resources & Links 🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/ 📲 Stay Connected Facebook: www.facebook.com/korresultsInstagram: www.instagram.com/ocdwhisperer/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ocdwhispererTwitter (X): www.x.com/korresultsWebsite: www.korresults.com/ 📩 Business Inquiries: info@theocdwhisperer.com ✅ About OCD Whisperer Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey. ⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy. 🔑 SEO Keywords OCD and sex intimacy and OCD grief and sex drive trauma and desire nervous system and arousal OCD relationships sexual shame and OCD © OCD Whisperer
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    35 min
  • 160. OCD & Grief: How Trauma Hijacks Your Mind | Real Stories & Coping Tips

    160. OCD & Grief: How Trauma Hijacks Your Mind | Real Stories & Coping Tips
    Nov 29 2025
    🧠 Can you grieve “correctly” when you have OCD? In this episode of The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova speaks with Krista Reed, clinical social worker and specialist in OCD, BFRBs, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Together, they explore how grief, loss, and real-life emotional pain interact with OCD — and how deeply the experience can impact identity, relationships, and recovery. ❤️Krista opens up about: • The childhood loss that first ignited her OCD • How witnessing traumatic events shaped her fears • The return of old compulsions — and the arrival of new ones — after recent family deaths • The struggle of balancing caregiving, parenting, and severe OCD during her father’s hospitalization Whether you’re navigating OCD yourself or supporting someone who is, this episode offers compassion, insight, and the reminder that there is no right or wrong way to grieve. 📲 About Krista Reed (guest): • OCD/BDD/BFRB Specialist in KS • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristaruthreed/?hl=en • Breathe Between Battles: A Daily Reflection Journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSL41QCR?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SKM3AA2QVVQ5B5MHYS9Q&bestFormat=true ✂️ TIMESTAMPS: [00:00] – Krista’s Story: Becoming an OCD Specialist Because She Had No Choice [00:40] – Why We’re Talking: Real-Life Grief Colliding With OCD [02:19] – The Moment It All Started: A Childhood Death That Changed Everything [04:42] – Misunderstood Trauma: When a Small-Town Tragedy Sparks Lifelong OCD [07:48] – The Hospital Nightmare: Krista’s Dad Nearly Dies and OCD Explodes [08:17] – “What If I Want Him to Die?” The Darkest OCD Thoughts No One Talks About [10:39] – The Heartbreaking Moment: Her Dad Wakes Up and Doesn’t Know Who She Is [13:15] – Masking While Falling Apart: Parenting Through an OCD Spiral [14:25] – Pre-Grief, Fear, and the Reality of Being in the Unknown [15:55] – When OCD Comes Back After New Losses: Two Deaths in Two Weeks [18:22] – “Your Food Is Contaminated”: New Compulsions That Come Out of Nowhere [20:19] – Grieving Wrong? How OCD Makes You Doubt Your Own Emotions [21:30] – Conflicting Feelings: Relief, Sadness, Gratitude, and Guilt All at Once [24:20] – When Two Family Members Die but the Pain Feels Different Each Time [28:09] – Kristina’s Story: Losing Her Mom and Feeling Everything at Once [31:36] – Being Told You’re “Too Much”: The Hidden Shame of Deep Feelers [34:18] – Why People With OCD Often Feel Grief More Deeply Than Others [37:21] – The Empathy Factor: Why Some People Cry for Strangers and Feel Everything [37:39] – What Grief Really Triggers in People With OCD [39:23] – What to Do When OCD Hijacks Your Grief [39:45] – When Old Traumas Return Out of Nowhere: OCD Has No Timeline [42:01] – The 2020 Spiral: OCD Convinces Krista Her Dad Will Die Again [43:00] – Planning a Funeral That Isn’t Happening: OCD’s Wildest Curveball [43:13] – Breaking the Spell: How Krista Finally Called OCD’s Bluff [44:01] – Even Clinicians Get Stuck: Why This Disorder Is So Relentless [44:20] – Final Thoughts: Normalizing Your Grief, Your Feelings, and Your Journey ✅ Free Resources & Links 🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/ 📲 Stay Connected Facebook: www.facebook.com/korresultsInstagram: www.instagram.com/ocdwhisperer/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ocdwhispererTwitter (X): www.x.com/korresultsWebsite: www.korresults.com/ 📩 Business Inquiries: info@theocdwhisperer.com ✅ About OCD Whisperer Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey. ⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy. 🔑 SEO Keywords OCD and grief intrusive thoughts during grief managing OCD during loss anticipatory grief OCD emotional intensity and OCD grief processing with OCD OCD recovery stories © OCD Whisperer
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    47 min
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