Does NOCD not understand?

Does NOCD not understand that some people’s entire lives don’t run around ERP. That some people have to work 40 hours a week and don’t always have time for therapy every week. This goes back to Maslows hierarchy of needs. How do you expect me todo therapy if my basic needs aren’t met first. That’s why i work 40 hours a week so I can meet my basic needs in order to have energy to take care of myself and then do therapy. But yet NOCD continues to push and bother and almost harass about having therapy once a week or more even though I’ve already explained myself that I work 40 hours a week and I need time for sleep and decompression time. It almost seems like NOCD wants to just make more money by pushing people who have already given explanation to why they can’t make multiple appointments a week. Why don’t you just back off and understand that your clients are doing the best they can NOCD and take their explanations seriously instead of pushing them in a negative harassing way. Also posting things on your website like “ clients that are seen once a week get better faster” promotes things like making us think that we’re not already good or okay”. Instead of pressuring your patients when they don’t even have anything scheduled and reaching out to them constantly when they don’t have anything scheduled why don’t you wait for them to reach out to you. This would almost be called harassment.

Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 24w ago

They do understand. If you want to get better and stay better if you have a mental illness/es, then your life is going to be DIFFERENT than those without mental illness/es. Our lifestyle changes will usually be different as well. That’s the price to pay for getting and staying better when you have OCD or any other mental illness. Do you want to get better? That’s wholly up to you—and depending on how bad your OCD is, yes you need it once a week. But you need to make it a priority. At one point, I bad 3 jobs and I was still doing ERP and self ERP. You to incorporate getting better into your daily and nightly routine—and if you do not have a routine, it’s time to get one. If you are getting emails you think are harassment, then simply unsubscribe. I’ve been on this app since 2019 and don’t get any emails because I unsubscribed ages ago. You HAVE the personal agency to do any and all the things. You can choose to do and not do things, to unsubscribe from emails you don’t like, to keep scrolling over certain NOCD articles, and to do ERP even when you are tired and busy.

Username: JuleeesJuleees

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 24w ago

They’re this pushy because ERP *only* works with consistency. It’s not like talk therapy where sporadic sessions are going to have any real benefit. ERP is a skill set, a really difficult one, and like other difficult skills you improve with consistent practice.

Username: 13rianna13rianna

Date posted: 24w ago

A lot of people work 40 hours a week and still find the time to do ERP and therapy. It depends on how much you want to get better and how much you want to push yourself. NOCD shares their suggestions to you as they do to everyone else. They have statistics showing how consistency with therapy and ERP has helped most of their patients. They are here to help. If you are not happy with their services maybe try a different company to help with your OCD. NOCD isn’t harassing you nor are they worried about making money off of you. They just want to see us get better.

Username: elliss2elliss2

Date posted: 24w ago

Hi! I don’t use the NOCD therapists, but I totally get your concern

Username: hirokilledme

Date posted: 3y ago

How does NOCD make money? And am I wasting resources by using it even though I'm not doing the therapy?

Username: Syd!

Date posted: 36w ago

ERP not for everyone?

So, I do have OCD. That’s not a question (Pure O mainly. Compulsions are mental and emotional checking and ruminating and comparing). And my OCD was ramping up pretty bad a while back so I started ERP counseling through NOCD. I learned some basic skills and good ways to respond and not engage to thoughts. But now, I think the therapy just brings things up that didn’t need to be that big. It makes minor things bigger. It brings overwhelm thinking I have all this “work” to do, when I think what I need is to let go. Of course with OCD letting go is not a simple task, but hear me out. I didn’t do therapy for over a month and started feeling better. I used some of the tools I learned a few times and things just seemed more minor and less serious. I’m now postpartum with anxiety panic and ocd so I upped my therapy and I truly think it’s making things worse. Does anyone else share this opinion or experience? I also think back to when OCD was darn near nonexistent and I was not in ERP therapy. I know things come and go but I’m just realizing this.

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Username: Brendan =]

Date posted: 33w ago

ERP Therapy Predatory Pricing

Does anyone think ERP therapy costs are really unreasonable? I stopped NOCD because I had BDD concerns, too and now go to another Telehealth therapist who is $225 per session. TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS!!! 😡 I got an email about NOCD going to $210 per 1 hour session. It was $170 when I did it, which was already ridiculous and I felt taken advantage of for sure. Am I the only one who thinks this is just ripping off people when they're down and suffering and desperate for help? Doesn't it seem predatory and exploitative? That is a lot of money . . . and I'm now about $8,500 into getting help for my ROCD and BDDBP. The way I see it, $80 a session would be unreasonably high but $225?!?! $210??!? It’s just Insulting and a scam, especially when people (like me) were suffering so much they couldn’t hold down a job and can already barely afford food and rent. Do you agree?

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