{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/680ba1c856dd1f1d17e4d5fb/6a162dd2942fd187547a7bd5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"OCD, Uncertainty & Intrusive Thoughts: Why Your Brain Won't Let Go (+ Garth Brooks Serial Killer Theory & a Virginia Ghost Story)","description":"<p><em>This is a fan favourite episode, back by popular demand.</em></p><p><br></p><p>OCD and uncertainty are a brutal combination, and this week we get into why. Leela unpacks what it actually feels like when your brain locks onto a thought and won't release it, how uncertainty fuels the OCD cycle, and the real strategies that help break it.</p><p><br></p><p>Then things get chaotic in the best way. We investigate the viral theory that Garth Brooks might be a serial killer, and how comedian Tom Segura came to be a key witness.</p><p><br></p><p>And we get into the social media algorithm and why it's making all of us a little more anxious than we need to be.</p><p><br></p><p>We close with a ghost story: Pri tells the haunting tale of Mrs. Bagsby, the spectral resident of the Ubon Thai Victorian Restaurant and Inn in Staunton, Virginia. Unsettling, atmospheric, and absolutely worth staying for.</p><p><br></p><p>For fans of true crime, paranormal stories, and honest mental health conversations.</p>","author_name":"Leela Dua"}