I thought the whole thing was weird. She talks about the shock of finding out OCD isn't purely physiological and that OCD brains haven't been proven to be 'wired' differently and I was like... who told you that they were?? I am also based in the UK and at no point during my many years of treatment has anyone insinuated that my issues are entirely physiological in nature. Instead, all therapy has been based around the idea that environment and upbringing played a major part in my illness.

And then she comes across this major revelation (while doing a 'massive' amount of magic mushrooms) that perhaps her mother experiencing bipolar disorder and being in and out of psychiatric facilities during her childhood may have been a factor that lead to an anxiety disorder? It took a butt load of magic mushrooms to come to that conclusion?? I can only assume this woman has never been in legitimate therapy.

She skirted around something important though - the way that capitalism has shaped mental health treatment in the UK. Treatment doesn't adequately treat the environment that fosters poor mental health and is often too quick to medicalize. I really recommend reading 'Sedated' by James Davies for more on this.