# Understanding Mental Compulsions in OCD and Anxiety | EP 337

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Published: 2026-02-11T15:00:00+00:00
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Questions about what you've heard today? Want to interact with Drew and other listeners of this podcast? Check out the Disordered Community space. ----- When compulsions are behavioral, like hand washing or door checking, they are easy to identify. But when they are mental in nature, things get much fuzzier. In this episode, I’m joined by OCD specialist Lauren Rosen to take the mystery out of mental compulsions and explain why your "problem-solving" brain is actually keeping you stuck. We bre...

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