It took Penny Moodie a whopping 23 years to get a diagnosis for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Over two decades riding a mental health rollercoaster of intrusive thoughts and the mental or physical compulsions that follow. The stigma and misconceptions surrounding OCD make this type of delayed diagnosis all too common. 

'I'm so OCD' seems at times to be a pretty familiar off-hand remark from every second person who likes to throw the label on their little quirks and habits without too much thought, however this is the first in-depth conversation I've had on the show regarding obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it raised a lot of questions around how we can differentiate between anxiety on this type of clinical disorder. 

Penny used her experience to dive deep and write her book The Joy Thief (yep, I flogged the title for this episode too) where she speaks to other OCD sufferers, as well as some of the world's leading OCD doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists to put together a resource to help close the potential 23-year gap on sufferers getting some solid help. 

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