{"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/6a289b6074e72c6295b9ad50?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"OCD, Community & True Crime Advocacy: Erika McCoy on the IOCDF, Mental Health & Whether Octopuses Are Bent on World Domination","description":"<p><strong>The octopuses are organizing. The IOCDF can help. Coincidence? Probably.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>This week on&nbsp;<em>Drinking Tea with Monsters</em>, the podcast about OCD and other less scary monsters, we open by diving deep, literally into the ocean to ask the question keeping us up at night: are octopuses plotting world domination? We investigate the evidence. It's not great.</p><p><br></p><p>Then we're back with&nbsp;<strong>Erika McCoy</strong>, IOCDF advocate and artist, for part two of a conversation that just keeps giving. This week we go deeper into Erika's work with the <strong>International OCD Foundation,</strong> what the IOCDF actually does, how it can help you find community aligned to your special interests if you're living with OCD, and how you can get involved no matter where you are in your journey.</p><p><br></p><p>Then Erika takes us somewhere unexpected:&nbsp;<strong>true crime advocacy</strong>, and the ways mental health is woven into that world more than most people realize. It's a perspective you won't hear anywhere else.</p><p><br></p><p>No spooky story this week but fear not, we'll be back next week with more tea and more monsters. We promise.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>OCD</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://iocdf.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">IOCDF</a></p><p><a href=\"https://iocdf.org/special-interest-groups/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">IOCDF Special Interest Groups</a></p><p><a href=\"https://iocdf.org/find-help/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">IOCDF - Find a Therapist</a></p><p><a href=\"https://notalonenotes.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Not Alone Notes</a></p><p><a href=\"https://vaseyourfears.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vase Your Fears</a></p><p><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/scrupulocd_kc?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&amp;ltsid=8f60a638-f5ac-46de-b11f-1b0bb8824cb8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Erika McCoy</a></p><p>FB: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/erika.mckenzie.391\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">erika.mckenzie.391</a></p><p>IG: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/creativitea_plus_mha/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@creativitea_plus_mha</a></p><p>TT: <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@creativitea_plus_mha?_r=1&amp;_t=ZP-96bVWEuUDJ0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@creativitea_plus_mha</a></p>","author_name":"Leela Dua"}