How Having OCD Actually Works | Authorized Account | Insider

Maia Kinney-Petrucha is a writer, performer, and social media influencer living in Massachusetts. She speaks with BI about being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at age 4.

With nearly 140,000 followers on TikTok, Kinney-Petrucha has spoken publicly about how OCD influences daily routines, social interactions, and academic work. She describes living with intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors that are "chronic" and “uncontrollable” in many respects.
Kinney-Petrucha co-wrote a play about her OCD called "I'm So OCD." The play premiered in New York City, followed by showings in Philadelphia and at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Scotland.

In 2023, she completed a master's in cognitive neuroscience at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, producing a thesis on how different forms of uncertainty shape threat-safety learning and physiological fear responses.

00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - The Fear
03:43 - The Rituals
09:09 - Childhood
12:56 - Family
16:25 - The Attempts
19:50 - Therapy
23:05 - The Community
30:18 - Misinformation
35:38- The Relationships
39:30 - Do I have OCD?
41:35 - The Future
46:07 - Credits

For more about Maia: Tik Tok @mentalmaia - https://www.tiktok.com/@mentalmaia?la...
Instagram @maiamfkp -   / maiamfkp  
Maia's website - https://beacons.ai/maiamfkp

For more OCD information and resources: https://iocdf.org
Life with OCD blog: https://www.treatmyocd.com/learn/blog
Maia's recommended meditations: https://www.tarabrach.com/guided-medi...

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