This ONE Habit Means You Have ADHD & OCD - Dr Alex George
5/25/202628 min
Dr Alex George is an ADHD and OCD specialist (he's been diagnosed with both!) and one of the most renowned voices in the ADHD space. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 01:33 The overlap between ADHD & OCD 10:45 How OCD kills people 12:42 How ADHD masks OCD 14:51 ADHD Explained 14:40 Tiimo advert 16:07 Traits of ADHD and OCD 24:48 Audience questions FInd Dr Alex on Instragam 👉 https://www.instagram.com/dralexgeorge/?hl=en Visit Dr Alex’s website 👉 https://www.dralexgeorge.net Join the ADHD Chatter Patreon community 👉 https://www.patreon.com/cw/ADHDChatter Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/offers/adhdchatter Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817 Order Alex’s latest book about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria 👉 https://linktr.ee/adhdchatter?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=9ffd8709-06df-444c-9936-c136fbd14d6e Producer: Timon Woodward Recorded by: Hamlin Studios Trailer editor: Ryan Faber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAlex George· Guest0:00
ADHD is a disorder regulation where you have features of things like impulsivity, hyperfocus, sensitivity. In OCD, you have a situation of obsession with something that relates to your health, morality, thought process, time, and you're stuck on this thing.
Alex Partridge· Host0:16
Dr. Alex George is an ADHD specialist- And one of the most renowned voices in the ADHD space. He's using his incredible knowledge to help you understand your ADHD- And live in harmony with it.
Alex George· Guest0:26
The cruelty is that OCD feeds on people that care. They care about their own health. They care about the health of others. They care about their impact on other people. They want to learn from their mistakes. That is the perfect place for OCD to thrive. I tell you one thing for sure, I'd happily lose everything I've ever done in terms of success and achievements and not have OCD and live peacefully because OCD has definitely nearly killed me.
Alex Partridge· Host0:46
On the extreme end of it, and only if you're happy to talk about that, how does OCD kill people?
Alex George· Guest0:51
So OCD, um...
Alex Partridge· Host0:54
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Alex George· Guest1:24
Thank you. Thanks for having me.
Alex Partridge· Host1:25
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