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Kids, OCD, Anxiety, and Implications for Adult Recovery | EP 331

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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast
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Nov 19, 2025
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Summary

Children with OCD and anxiety disorders have the same diagnoses as adults, but their experience looks and feels different in important ways. In this episode, I sit down with child anxiety and OCD specialist Natasha Daniels to explore those differences and what they reveal about the fundamental nature of these disorders. When you ask a young child why they're doing a ritual, they often can't tell you. They report vague discomfort or say "it just feels weird if I don't." Adult brains, on the o...