It’s Not What You Think

S2E2 - Rick Davies: The agony and absurdity of living with ocd

Published: September 21, 2025

Duration: 1:01:49

Australian actor and writer Rick Davies joins us to talk candidly about living with OCD and his more recent diagnosis of ADHD. We chat about: How acting became a safe haven from the exhaustion of OCD The trepidation of talking so openly about mental illness as someone with a public profile How cathartic it is to hear other people talk about their ocd experiences The co morbidity of OCD and ADHD Feeling like a fraud when the ocd flares up How privilege plays into recovery   The imperfects episode with Rick Davies https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gkJmjH0evWzyJckThC5lk?si=f...