EPISODE · Oct 9, 2017 · 29 MIN
#3 – An unwelcome presence
from The Backstory
#03 An unwelcome presenceIn her late 20s, Natasha woke up one morning and knew that she was HIV positive. She spent the next 9 years trying to hide her anxiety, planning her funeral and imagining how she would be rejected when everyone found out the truth. In fact, Natasha was suffering from a form of OCD which took over her life and cost her a career she loved, a family and countless opportunities. Natasha talks to Suzy about her OCD, its beginnings in early childhood and how she has learnt to survive a condition that remains invisible to other people.Launched during OCD Awareness Week 2017Help and information:OCD ActionNHS ChoicesAvailable on iTunes and everywhere else you get your podcasts.Find out more at thebackstorypodcast.co.uk and follow us: @thebackstorypod on twitter, @thebackstorypodcast on Facebook and Instagram. Music credits:Main theme: Title: NancyAuthor: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)Source: www.gosoundtrack.comLicence: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Incidental music:“Comfortable Mystery”, “Comfortable Mystery 2”, “Light Thought var 1” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/“Interlude” by Ashley Burgoyne http://ashleyburgoyne.wixsite.com/writerandcomposer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#03 An unwelcome presenceIn her late 20s, Natasha woke up one morning and knew that she was HIV positive. She spent the next 9 years trying to hide her anxiety, planning her funeral and imagining how she would be rejected when everyone found out the truth. In fact, Natasha was suffering from a form of OCD which took over her life and cost her a career she loved, a family and countless opportunities. Natasha talks to Suzy about her OCD, its beginnings in early childhood and how she has learnt to survive a condition that remains invisible to other people.Launched during OCD Awareness Week 2017Help and information:OCD ActionNHS ChoicesAvailable on iTunes and everywhere else you get your podcasts.Find out more at thebackstorypodcast.co.uk and follow us: @thebackstorypod on twitter, @thebackstorypodcast on Facebook and Instagram. Music credits:Main theme: Title: NancyAuthor: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)Source: www.gosoundtrack.comLicence: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Incidental music:“Comfortable Mystery”, “Comfortable Mystery 2”, “Light Thought var 1” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/“Interlude” by Ashley Burgoyne http://ashleyburgoyne.wixsite.com/writerandcomposer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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