How can I get rid of my severe pure o and magical thinking without going to any professionals?

Thank you so much for your response! The reason I don’t want to go to a professional is actually unrelated to cost. It just seems like the NOCD therapist I went to put emphasis on exposures and hierarchies, and my obesssions are so complex that no hierarchy could ever be made on them. The process was also so slow. I know that the diagnostic assessment was necessary, but I found it to be a waste of time and inaccurate, since I’ve known I’ve had OCD for years and the severity level was way higher than the therapist said, and the education session was completely useless to me since I knew so much already. I’m not trying to trash NOCD or anything. I know they help a lot of people and I really appreciate this app and their support groups. Since my NOCD therapist didn’t work out, I went to see Ali Greymond, who is an OCD coach. (You can look her up if you haven’t heard of her.) She was able to help me a lot more, although I didn’t think I got enough guidance and it was a little too hands off. I might go back to do something more intensive in the future with her though. I just think that I haven’t really found the best fit for OCD help yet, and I don’t really know where to turn to next. It just always seems like people are saying there is such great help for OCD, and yet there is nothing for me. I’m sorry this was so long but I’m just really struggling right now and feel super hopeless and all alone. It might also be because there is no comfortable way to get rid of OCD as far as I’ve heard of and I wish there was.

@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 You don’t need to apologise for anything I didn’t feel that NOCD worked for me either I ended up going to a psychologist outside, feeling hopeless in this situation is completely understandable,

@Forest13 Thank you. It’s good to know that I’m not the only one that found NOCD to be unhelpful. If you don’t mind sharing, what was it that the outside psychologist was able to provide for you that the NOCD one could not?

@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 Really kind of a all round experience as they specialise in ocd but they also work with a lot of my other mental health issues eg depression