NOCD: OCD Therapy and Tools 17+

I was blown away by how profoundly this super simple app changed my thinking. I went to 3 therapists and could have spent the years (maybe the rest of my life) talking about cognitive behavioral therapy techniques without being able to readily implement them. Obviously there are always multiple arenas for combatting mental health issues, but the change these exercises made in my brain was so fast, so effective, so easy. I used to think that the “be aware of your thoughts and challeng them” approach sounded like toxic positivity, or just like a tiresome, endless exercise of smacking away an endless barrage of negative ideas—like one of those tennis ball machines shooting balls at you faster than you can smack them away. But this app took away the need to try to combat those obsessive thoughts in my own, or in real situations. It gives you the opportunity to just sink in positive thoughts with such repetition, and with the added effectiveness of seeing them and swiping them away…it just drills it in so much more solidly than if you just try to drum the thoughts up on your own. For me, this was a GAME CHANGER. Like the difference between trying to get in shape without a gym or equipment or personal trainer vs with having that.

I just started, but in my opinion, the app is extremely overwhelming for someone like me and possibly others with OCD. You have to check multiple areas. And all of the proprietary type language and acronyms. it’s hard to keep it straight. Most of us have likely been in therapy on and off for our whole lives and I can only speak from personal experience, but I’ve never heard of these acronyms and labels for the tools… I feel there’s way too big of a learning curve. it just seems that these labels and acronyms are NOCD specific. I don’t know if there’s a way but I feel like it needs to be simplified. Like it needs to be cut down to a fourth of what it is. It is way overload for me. Also the constant texts and emails about appointments. I’m sure it’s very helpful for some people though. I hate leaving a negative review. I’m sure this was created with the best intention of helping people. This is just my honest review of the app. I haven’t been long enough to know if the therapy or method will work…but I do agree with another review that said it is very formulaic and checking boxes. But the app is very discouraging and makes me want to not do this. I need as few obstacles as possible to get help. It’s like they say when you’re picking a gym it better be on your way home from work and the least obstacles in getting there and working out the better or you won’t go, just my two cents.

I just wanted to say a HUGE Thankyou to NOCD, specifically Ted and Anil! The app is such a helpful resource so that people don’t feel alone in their struggles. I know it’s been so nice to have on my phone for times when I was especially down or struggling and needed to know that other people got what you were going through. Ted and Anil have been so so helpful and kind! They’ve bent over backwards to accommodate me and to extend discounts where I needed them. Ted did my assessment and was extremely thorough, empathetic and took as much time as I needed. He created a judgment free zone for me to tell everything that I was going through without having to feel afraid and gave me the diagnosis that I needed. Anil also was willing to give me a call and let me know any information I might need. Overall, I’m extremely grateful and impressed by this organization and by the people who work for it. It’s very professional and still personable which is ESSENTIAL for mental health patients! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! I wouldn’t be where I am today with out the help of NOCD.