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      Marking OCD Awareness Week with @ocdaction

      In October 2025, to mark OCD Awareness Week with @ocdaction, Hurt to Healing sat down with actor @realkimberleynixon to talk about the truth behind OCD. From the intrusive thoughts and hidden compulsions, to the tiny steps that help you reclaim your life.

      Before recording this episode, the author was actually triggered by one of my worst OCD exposures. Sitting down with Kimberley, and talking to someone who truly gets it, reminded her how healing it can be to speak openly.

      Kimberley shares her experience of postnatal OCD. She openly talks about the fear, the shame, the love for her son, and the hope that came through ERP and compassion. For more, see: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPyHKoxjAIa/

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        Other OCD-Related Support Services – Find Out More!

        In addition to OCD Action, other organisations provide useful, reliable and relevant support for people with OCD and OCD-related conditions and their friends, families and carers. Find out more on our Resources page: https://ocdaction.org.uk/resources/

        These are just some of the many organisations:

        Maternal OCD: They provide help for women with perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a debilitating anxiety disorder, which is treatable. Maternal OCD’s aims are to:

        • Raise awareness of perinatal OCD to healthcare professionals, mums to be/new mums, researchers and national decision-makers
        • Provide information and support to mums and their families
        • Encourage and support perinatal OCD research

        BDD Foundation: Provides support for people with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), a preoccupation with perceived defects/flaws in appearance, often cause excessive self-consciousness. The Foundation:

        • explains that BDD is a treatable condition and how, with the right help, recovery is very possible.
        • provides information on support and treatment services available to UK residents
        • recognises that the BDD community is worldwide. They encourage everyone to seek help and support through online services that can be accessed anywhere.

        Asto Clinics: Asto is a UK charity providing treatment based on what works for individuals living with OCD. Asto’s founder, Steve Turnock, suffered from severe OCD and is aware of how life-changing the right support can be.

        International OCD Foundation: The IOCDF is a large nonprofit serving the OCD community world-wide, including family members and health professionals. The IOCDF is known for:

        • Their mission – to ensure that no one affected by OCD and related disorders is alone. Their community provides help, healing and hope.
        • Their vision – that everyone impacted by OCD and related disorders has access to effective treatment and support.
        • Their work – providing up-to-date education and resources, quality professional training, and advancing research.
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