# The Upside of OCD with Michael Alcee

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Podcast: [Gathering Gold](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gathering-gold-6575848)
Published: 2025-06-27T16:04:23+00:00
Episode link: https://gatheringgold.podbean.com/e/the-upside-of-ocd-with-michael-alcee/
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## Resource

Today's very special guest, Michael Alcée, is author of the book The Upside of OCD: Flight the Script to Reclaim Your Life. In our conversation, Michael explains what he means and does not mean when he talks about the "upside" of OCD; why Michael thinks all people with OCD start out as mini-existentialists and poets; and the key missing ingredient in many of our contemporary treatments for OCD. How can OCD be both meaningless and meaningful at the same time? What messages might OCD be trying to deliver to us, if we only know how to listen? All of this and more in today's episode.

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