It’s Not What You Think
It’s Not What You Think
Podcast Description
OCD, it’s really not what you think.
This is a podcast about the horrors and hilarities of living with OCD, hosted by author and mental health advocate Penny Moodie and CEO of Stand Up Events, Angie Greene.
Both Penny and Angie have lived with OCD for as long as they can remember and they have had enough of the misconceptions about OCD that can cause so much damage.
They want to share what it’s really like to live with OCD so that other people feel more understood and less alone.
Each week they will speak to an expert or someone with lived experience to delve into the raw and often confronting reality of living with this often debilitating illness.
Penny and Angie are on a mission to shine a light on something that is so often shrouded in shame so that everyone can feel less alone.
So if you have OCD, or you know someone who has OCD, take a listen!
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/itsnotwhatyouthink_pod
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Content Themes
Explores themes of mental health advocacy, personal narrative, and mental illness education, with episodes addressing topics such as how to offer support to loved ones with OCD and navigating the journey to an accurate diagnosis, illustrating the complex nature of the disorder and breaking the stigma surrounding it.

OCD, it’s really not what you think.
This is a podcast about the horrors and hilarities of living with OCD, hosted by author and mental health advocate Penny Moodie and CEO of Stand Up Events, Angie Greene.
Both Penny and Angie have lived with OCD for as long as they can remember and they have had enough of the misconceptions about OCD that can cause so much damage.
They want to share what it’s really like to live with OCD so that other people feel more understood and less alone.
Each week they will speak to an expert or someone with lived experience to delve into the raw and often confronting reality of living with this often debilitating illness.
Penny and Angie are on a mission to shine a light on something that is so often shrouded in shame so that everyone can feel less alone.
So if you have OCD, or you know someone who has OCD, take a listen!
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/itsnotwhatyouthink_pod
For the last episode of season 3, Penny and Ange are joined by Alison Cosker. Together they discuss:
- What’s next for the podcast
- Why they decided to run an event in Melbourne and what happened when they did
- Whether they think stigma around mental illness, and OCD in particular, has lessened now that more and more people are talking about it
- Their favourite lesson or moment from this season

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