2025-03-24
29 分钟One of the most common questions I get is how to know the difference between generalized anxiety disorder and OCD.
And today, in this episode of your anxiety toolkit, we are going to tackle this big topic together.
Now, the reason that I've actually discussed this before,
but the reason I want to come back and address it again is number one.
When I asked you guys what questions you had, this was the number one question over and over again.
But number two, since I recorded that last episode, I myself have had experience with both.
And so I would first like to discuss with you and share with you personally my experience of having generalized anxiety my entire life.
and then later on having a shift where I was diagnosed with OCD and I wanted to share with you my experience between the two and what the difference was.
Then we're going to move over and have the whole episode where we deep dive into the differences so that you feel very confident in knowing the difference and knowing what to do
if you feel the one resonates with you compared to the other.
So let's go.
Welcome back to Your Anxiety Toolkit.
Everybody, this podcast is about bringing you a giant virtual hug and providing you science-based,
compassionate skills that will help you take your life back from anxiety and truly just be happy.
That's my goal, like to reduce the suffering.
If we can just reduce the suffering that we experience,
just imagine the change and the impact we could have.
Imagine what we could get done.
Imagine how much love we could give if anxiety wasn't getting in the way.
Today, we're talking about the difference between generalized anxiety and OCD.