{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Emotional Contamination OCD: When Feelings Become the Fear + DTWM's First Anniversary, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Drama, Hilary & Haylie Duff's Feud, the Gilmore Girls Documentary & the Hellfire Club of Ireland","description":"

Happy first anniversary to us, and to everyone who's been drinking tea with us since the beginning. ☕


One year in, and we are celebrating the way we know best: with a pop culture roundup so packed it needs its own episode.




Then we get into this week's OCD topic: emotional contamination OCD, the subtype where the fear isn't germs or harm, but feelings. The dread that a person, place, or object carries a negative emotional residue that will transfer to you. The ex's jumper you can't wear anymore. The friend whose bad luck feels contagious. The song that played during the worst moment of your life and can never be listened to again. One of the most personal and least talked-about OCD subtypes, and one of the most relatable.


And to close: high up in the Dublin mountains, the ruins of the Hellfire Club sit atop Montpelier Hill, a 5,000-year-old site built over by Ireland's wealthiest man in 1725, who destroyed a prehistoric cairn to do it. Ghost hunters have reported screams, apparitions, and traces of rituals ever since, but the most notable spirit is much darker.


Pour your tea. Happy anniversary. Don't go up the mountain after dark. ☕


We're totally obsessed...



OCD



","author_name":"Leela Dua"}