Turning The Mic On To.. OCD & Mental Health with the Approaching Normal Podcast

Welcome back to another segment of "Turning the Mic On To" In this episode, Emma Jane chats with Whitney and Haley of the new, Approaching Normal Podcast. As Whit and Haley have both been diagnosed with OCD, Depression, and Anxiety in various forms, they decided to start a podcast that takes Mental Health out of the shame cloud it often sits in, and starts conversations about the specifics of what Mental Illness is like to various individuals that experience is. In our conversation, they each open up about their struggles and journeys to healing, what OCD is both generally and specific to them, and we even chat about the ways that religion and mental health stigma's can play a negative role, especially in the lives of returned missionaries. As one who struggles with mental health myself, this episode opened my eyes to the importance of really diving in and striving to understand yourself, and your mental illness. Definitely an episode worth listening to.

You can find Whitney and Haley on their Instagram, @approachingnormal.pod and their podcast, streaming soon.

Link to Whitney's article with LDS Living:
 https://www.ldsliving.com/ocd-god-and-me-one-womans-experience-with-scrupulosity/s/93988 
Link to the OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center: https://www.theocdandanxietytreatmentcenter.com/
Find a Therapist through Psychology Today:
 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us