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The OCD Confessional
Hosted by Liam · EN
The OCD Confessional is a podcast about living, laughing, and coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hosted by former TV news anchor Liam Martin and actress/model Alicia Hill — two friends who both live with OCD — this show blends raw honesty, practical tools, expert insights, and plenty of laughs.
Each episode, Liam, Alicia and a special guest will “confess” the craziest intrusive thoughts and compulsions they’ve battled, from absurd rituals to embarrassing moments, and share the tools that actually help them get through. With candid conversations and occasional input from OCD experts, The OCD Confessional is part storytelling, part survival guide, and part comedy therapy session.
Whether you’re living with OCD, supporting someone who is, or just curious about what it’s like inside an OCD brain, this podcast offers hope, humor, and community. Because sometimes -- we laugh to keep from crying.
Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is about real experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder. While we use humor to share our stories, it is never our intention to minimize the very real suffering OCD causes. Our goal is to share stories, coping tools, and hope. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please dial 988 in the U.S. for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or find local resources where you are.
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The OCD Care Crisis: with Becky Deusser and Dr. Sanjaya Saxena
Jan 600:51:47Tap to summarizeSend a textIn this important episode of The OCD Confessional, we sit down with Becky Deusser and Dr. Sanjaya Saxena of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) to discuss their newly released white paper on America’s OCD care crisis.The report highlights a sobering reality: millions of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are unable to access timely, evidence-based treatment — even though effective therapies like ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) exist.We talk about:Why access to proper OCD treatment remains so limitedThe systemic barriers facing patients and familiesHow misdiagnosis and lack of provider training worsen outcomesWhat parents, clinicians, advocates, and policymakers can do nextWhy awareness alone isn’t enough — and what real change looks likeThis conversation is essential listening for anyone living with OCD, supporting someone who does, or working in mental health care.📄 Read the full IOCDF report: https://iocdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Full-Report-Americas-OCD-Care-Crisis-12-9-2025.pdfSupport the show🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube & everywhere podcasts live.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @theocdconfessional📺 YouTube: The OCD Confessional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LpIFjdtZQ Supported by NOCD If you or someone you love is struggling with OCD, check out NOCD — a leading virtual health platform that connects people with licensed therapists specially trained in Evidence-Based ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. NOCD offers live video sessions, between-session therapist messaging, access to in-app therapeutic tools, and a global peer community. Their goal: make expert OCD treatment accessible, effective, and affordable. ➤ Visit https://learn.nocd.com/ocdconfessional to learn more and get matched with an OCD-trained therapist. 🧠 The OCD Confessional is hosted by Liam Martin & Alicia Hill — real stories, intrusive thoughts, and the tools we use to cope (with plenty of laughter). Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is intended for education, awareness, and community support only. It does not provide therapy or professional mental-health advice. If you are struggling or in crisis, please seek help from a licensed mental-health professional. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Transcribe →Loving Someone with OCD: A Partner’s Perspective with Spence Hill
Dec 3001:10:20Tap to summarizeSend us a textWhat is it really like to love someone with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)?In this episode of The OCD Confessional, Liam interviews Alicia and her husband, Spence Hill, about what it’s like to be in a relationship with someone living with OCD. Together, they talk openly about how OCD has shown up in their marriage, the moments that were hardest to navigate, and what’s helped them grow stronger as a couple.Spence shares what partners often struggle with silently — from knowing when to support vs. step back, to understanding compulsions without reinforcing them, to learning how love and patience evolve alongside treatment and recovery.This episode is for: • Partners of people with OCD • Anyone supporting a loved one with intrusive thoughts • Couples navigating mental health together🎙️ The OCD Confessional is about honest conversations, shared experiences, and reminding people they’re not alone.🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube & everywhere podcasts live.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @theocdconfessional📺 YouTube: The OCD Confessional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LpIFjdtZQ Supported by NOCD If you or someone you love is struggling with OCD, check out NOCD — a leading virtual health platform that connects people with licensed therapists specially trained in Evidence-Based ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. NOCD offers live video sessions, between-session therapist messaging, access to in-app therapeutic tools, and a global peer community. Their goal: make expert OCD treatment accessible, effective, and affordable. ➤ Visit https://learn.nocd.com/ocdconfessional to learn more and get matched with an OCD-trained therapist. 🧠 The OCD Confessional is hosted by Liam Martin & Alicia Hill — real stories, intrusive thoughts, and the tools we use to cope (with plenty of laughter). Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is intended for education, awareness, and community support only. It does not provide therapy or professional mental-health advice. If you are struggling or in crisis, please seek help from a licensed mental-health professional. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Transcribe →When Your Child Has OCD: Tools for Parents with Dr. Eli Lebowitz
Dec 1601:07:50Tap to summarizeSend us a textParents have been asking for this episode—so we made it happen. In this powerful conversation, we talk with Dr. Eli Lebowitz, a Yale psychology professor and creator of SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a groundbreaking parent-based treatment for childhood OCD and anxiety.Instead of focusing on changing a child’s behavior directly, SPACE teaches parents how to stop accommodating OCD while still showing support, love, and care.We explore: 🧠 How childhood OCD shows up 🚫 What “accommodation” looks like (and why it makes symptoms worse) 💚 How parents can stop accommodating without shaming their child 🔁 How family routines get hijacked by OCD 🛑 Why SPACE reduces symptoms even without the child participating in therapyIf you’re a parent, caregiver, teacher, or someone who loves a child with OCD or anxiety, this episode is packed with tools, hope, and a new way forward.🎧 New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation.🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube & everywhere podcasts live.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @theocdconfessional📺 YouTube: The OCD Confessional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LpIFjdtZQ Supported by NOCD If you or someone you love is struggling with OCD, check out NOCD — a leading virtual health platform that connects people with licensed therapists specially trained in Evidence-Based ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. NOCD offers live video sessions, between-session therapist messaging, access to in-app therapeutic tools, and a global peer community. Their goal: make expert OCD treatment accessible, effective, and affordable. ➤ Visit https://learn.nocd.com/ocdconfessional to learn more and get matched with an OCD-trained therapist. 🧠 The OCD Confessional is hosted by Liam Martin & Alicia Hill — real stories, intrusive thoughts, and the tools we use to cope (with plenty of laughter). Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is intended for education, awareness, and community support only. It does not provide therapy or professional mental-health advice. If you are struggling or in crisis, please seek help from a licensed mental-health professional. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Transcribe →Duke Al Durham: OCD, Intrusive Thoughts & Finding Peace Through Art
Dec 900:45:30Tap to summarizeSend us a textIn this powerful episode of The OCD Confessional, we sit down with Duke Al Durham — poet, rapper, spoken-word artist, and mental-health advocate whose story is unlike anything we’ve shared before.Duke opens up about living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Type 1 diabetes, the intrusive thoughts that shaped his early life, and the moment he walked in front of a moving car—not out of a desire to die, but because he desperately wanted silence from the mental noise OCD created.He explains how compulsions, shame, identity, and chronic illness intersected to create a perfect storm, and how creative expression became the thing that pulled him back into himself.We talk about: 🧠 What OCD looks like inside a mind managing constant intrusive thoughts 🎤 How poetry, rap, and spoken word became his therapy 🩺 The connection between OCD and chronic illness (Diabetes Type 1) 🚨 What overwhelm can look like when OCD becomes unbearable ✨ How Duke found healing through community, creativity, and honestyThis is one of our most honest, raw conversations yet — and it offers hope, understanding, and deep humanity to anyone facing OCD or supporting someone who is.🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube & everywhere podcasts live.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @theocdconfessional📺 YouTube: The OCD Confessional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LpIFjdtZQ Supported by NOCD If you or someone you love is struggling with OCD, check out NOCD — a leading virtual health platform that connects people with licensed therapists specially trained in Evidence-Based ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. NOCD offers live video sessions, between-session therapist messaging, access to in-app therapeutic tools, and a global peer community. Their goal: make expert OCD treatment accessible, effective, and affordable. ➤ Visit https://learn.nocd.com/ocdconfessional to learn more and get matched with an OCD-trained therapist. 🧠 The OCD Confessional is hosted by Liam Martin & Alicia Hill — real stories, intrusive thoughts, and the tools we use to cope (with plenty of laughter). Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is intended for education, awareness, and community support only. It does not provide therapy or professional mental-health advice. If you are struggling or in crisis, please seek help from a licensed mental-health professional. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Transcribe →Living with OCD & Emetophobia: Influencer Alicia Mitas Shares Her Story
Dec 200:32:34Tap to summarizeSend us a textIn this episode of The OCD Confessional, Liam and Alicia sit down with influencer Alicia Mitas, known for her viral TikTok and Instagram videos about OCD, emetophobia, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts.Alicia opens up about developing OCD and emetophobia at just 7 years old, how those early symptoms shaped her childhood, friendships, dating life, and even her college dreams. She shares the moment she hit rock bottom, what finally pushed her toward getting help, and how Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) changed the trajectory of her life.We also dive into how OCD impacts eating, rituals around food, the list of foods she still struggles with, and what recovery looks like for her today.If you live with OCD, emetophobia, intrusive thoughts, or love someone who does, this episode will make you feel seen, understood, and less alone.🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube & everywhere podcasts live.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @theocdconfessional📺 YouTube: The OCD Confessional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LpIFjdtZQ Supported by NOCD If you or someone you love is struggling with OCD, check out NOCD — a leading virtual health platform that connects people with licensed therapists specially trained in Evidence-Based ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. NOCD offers live video sessions, between-session therapist messaging, access to in-app therapeutic tools, and a global peer community. Their goal: make expert OCD treatment accessible, effective, and affordable. ➤ Visit https://learn.nocd.com/ocdconfessional to learn more and get matched with an OCD-trained therapist. 🧠 The OCD Confessional is hosted by Liam Martin & Alicia Hill — real stories, intrusive thoughts, and the tools we use to cope (with plenty of laughter). Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is intended for education, awareness, and community support only. It does not provide therapy or professional mental-health advice. If you are struggling or in crisis, please seek help from a licensed mental-health professional. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Transcribe →Surviving OCD: TV Reporter Lillian Donahue’s Story of Recovery and Hope
Nov 2500:59:48Tap to summarizeSend us a textIn this powerful episode of The OCD Confessional, we talk with Lillian Donahue, a broadcast journalist whose battle with severe OCD nearly took her life at just 25 years old.Lillian shares how her OCD spiraled into constant terror, debilitating intrusive thoughts, and overwhelming compulsions — all while she was working as a full-time TV reporter.She opens up about:What it’s like living with intense OCDThe moment everything changedHow she survivedHer path back to journalismWhat she wishes the world understood about OCDThe treatment and tools that made recovery possibleThis is one of the most honest conversations we’ve ever had on the show — one that proves OCD is not a personality quirk… it’s a serious, treatable medical condition that affects millions.🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube & everywhere podcasts live.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @theocdconfessional📺 YouTube: The OCD Confessional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LpIFjdtZQ Supported by NOCD If you or someone you love is struggling with OCD, check out NOCD — a leading virtual health platform that connects people with licensed therapists specially trained in Evidence-Based ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. NOCD offers live video sessions, between-session therapist messaging, access to in-app therapeutic tools, and a global peer community. Their goal: make expert OCD treatment accessible, effective, and affordable. ➤ Visit https://learn.nocd.com/ocdconfessional to learn more and get matched with an OCD-trained therapist. 🧠 The OCD Confessional is hosted by Liam Martin & Alicia Hill — real stories, intrusive thoughts, and the tools we use to cope (with plenty of laughter). Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is intended for education, awareness, and community support only. It does not provide therapy or professional mental-health advice. If you are struggling or in crisis, please seek help from a licensed mental-health professional. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Transcribe →Laughing Through OCD with Comedian Danny Killea
Nov 1800:29:19Tap to summarizeSend us a textIn this episode of The OCD Confessional, Liam Martin and Alicia Hill sit down with comedian and mental health advocate Danny Killea. Danny shares his honest—and hilarious—journey living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and how he uses stand-up comedy and his podcast Dinner at Your Place to start real conversations about mental health.We talk about how OCD shows up in Danny’s life, the power of turning pain into purpose through humor, and what he’s learned about acceptance along the way.If you live with OCD or love someone who does, this episode will make you laugh, think, and feel a little less alone.🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube & everywhere podcasts live.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @theocdconfessional📺 YouTube: The OCD Confessional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LpIFjdtZQ Supported by NOCD If you or someone you love is struggling with OCD, check out NOCD — a leading virtual health platform that connects people with licensed therapists specially trained in Evidence-Based ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. NOCD offers live video sessions, between-session therapist messaging, access to in-app therapeutic tools, and a global peer community. Their goal: make expert OCD treatment accessible, effective, and affordable. ➤ Visit https://learn.nocd.com/ocdconfessional to learn more and get matched with an OCD-trained therapist. 🧠 The OCD Confessional is hosted by Liam Martin & Alicia Hill — real stories, intrusive thoughts, and the tools we use to cope (with plenty of laughter). Disclaimer: The OCD Confessional is intended for education, awareness, and community support only. It does not provide therapy or professional mental-health advice. If you are struggling or in crisis, please seek help from a licensed mental-health professional. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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