{"podcast":{"title":"The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast","slug":"the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844","podcast_index_feed_id":1095844,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2271214.rss","website_url":"https://theanxioustruth.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/jtzibp03he1qwfe390i751xykqep?.jpg","author":"Drew Linsalata","episode_count":342,"summary":"Struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, or other anxiety problems? The Anxious Truth will educate you, empower you, encourage you, and inspire you to get your life back! * Featured in the New York Times: \"6 Podcasts to Soothe An Anxious Mind\" (April 27, 2024) * Featured in Vogue Magazine: \"The 15 Best Mental Health Podcasts Recommended by Therapists\" (October 2023) Listen to the podcast, read the books, join the social media community, and get on the path to recovery.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T04:18:20.777031+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844"},"episode":{"title":"Understanding Mental Compulsions in OCD and Anxiety | EP 337","slug":"understanding-mental-compulsions-in-ocd-and-anxiety-ep-337","published_at":"2026-02-11T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844/understanding-mental-compulsions-in-ocd-and-anxiety-ep-337","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2271214/episodes/18658230-understanding-mental-compulsions-in-ocd-and-anxiety-ep-337.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2271214/episodes/18658230-understanding-mental-compulsions-in-ocd-and-anxiety-ep-337.mp3","summary":"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...","meta_description":"Questions about what you've heard today? Want to interact with Drew and other listeners of this podcast? Check out the Disordered Community space. ----- W…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2386,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844/episodes/understanding-mental-compulsions-in-ocd-and-anxiety-ep-337/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844/understanding-mental-compulsions-in-ocd-and-anxiety-ep-337.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}