Episode 6: Human Understanding Isn’t Like a Door You Can Check to See if it’s Locked

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/simone-aliya/episodes/6--Reflections-on-Clarity-in-Communication-From-an-Ex-Question-Monster-e30aush

Welcome back! If you want to learn all about intense anxiety related to clarity in communication—a common, yet much overlooked OCD symptom—you’re in the right place, because that’s what today is all about. So this kind of OCD falls under the category of “Pure O,” an unofficial term used to describe when obsessions are the dominant symptom. Compulsions might come in the form of avoiding triggers, ruminating, seeking reassurance, confessing, or simply talking about the thoughts. In other words, the compulsions are more mental and abstract instead of physical. Today, I’ll share my experience with obsessions related to clarity in communication and with increasing my tolerance for the unknown in conversation and beyond. Because let’s face it—like many OCD symptoms, obsessive concern with clarity in conversation is simply a manifestation of the fundamental intolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty that characterizes the disorder.

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