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May 20, 2022 12 min

Is It Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Or Is It OCD?

from OCD Straight Talk Hosted by Chris Leins, MA, NCC, LPCC-S

Chris discusses a central distinction between symptoms indicative of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD and those indicative of OCD. The punchline is: you can't have trauma without trauma; but you can have OCD. In other words, trauma is a past-oriented system of here-and-now symptoms, while OCD is very typically a future-oriented anxiety-construct. Beyond these distinctions, however, you might say that they actually have a lot in common - from their symptom-dynamics at 30,000 feet to the therapeutic models that are widely documented to treat them. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to [email protected]. If you've found OCD Straight Talk to be helpful, feel free to give us a 5-star rating; and consider supporting the podcast to help us produce more content.

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