OCD and ERP: Plain Guides
Plain explanations of how OCD works and what exposure and response prevention actually involves. Everything here is free to read — the app is for turning it into daily practice.
Types of OCD
- Contamination OCD Contamination OCD is not about cleanliness. What the obsession-compulsion loop looks like, why washing makes it worse, and how ERP breaks the cycle.
- Intrusive thoughts Unwanted violent, sexual or blasphemous thoughts are common and do not predict behaviour. Why fighting them makes them louder, and what works instead.
ERP in practice
- What is ERP therapy? Exposure and response prevention explained plainly: what a session looks like, why it works, why it is uncomfortable, and what it is not.
Living with OCD
- Reassurance-seeking in OCD Asking "are you sure?" feels like communication but works like a compulsion. How to spot it, how to stop, and what to ask family to do instead.
Another 30 topics are in preparation. We do not publish a page until the text has been reviewed — an empty page with a heading is not information.