Episode 112: Postpartum OCD, Intrusive Thoughts & Learning to Trust Yourself with Jenna Overbaugh
About this episode
Rachael Shepard-Ohta discusses postpartum OCD and intrusive thoughts with counselor Jenna Overbaugh, exploring their impact on parents and strategies for coping.
What happens when the thoughts that scare you most become the thoughts you can’t stop thinking about? In this episode, Rachael sits down with licensed professional counselor Jenna Overbaugh to talk about postpartum OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and the ways sleep deprivation, perfectionism, and the need for control can fuel OCD symptoms. Together, they unpack what separates common intrusive thoughts from OCD, why OCD often latches onto the things we care about most, and how parents can begin breaking the cycle of reassurance seeking, avoidance, and compulsions. Jenna also explains how exposure and response prevention (ERP) can help parents build confidence and learn to trust themselves again. Inside this episode: What postpartum OCD really looks like The difference between intrusive thoughts and OCD How sleep deprivation and anxiety can feed each other Why OCD often latches onto what we care about most How perfectionism and the need for control can fuel OCD The role of reassurance seeking and why it can reinforce OCD How social media can contribute to anxiety and compulsive behaviors What exposure and response prevention (ERP) is and how it works How compulsions and safety…
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