Hi Everyone. My name is Samuel Tanriverdi, seeking for help from France. I am dealing with what I know being pure OCD (when my mind isn't in a deep distress about my sexual orientation, the mistakes I comited in the past, the fear to sexually abuse kids or my hypothetical future daughter...). Having the deep intuition that ERP is all I need to find a new balance in the midst of my anxiety, I tried today to book a call with a NOCD member but apparently NOCD isnt available outside the US which is by the way a pity since many people suffer from the same issues in our part of the world. I didn't manage to find here in france a proper mental health professional proposing to have ERP instead of psychoanalysis, relaxation sessions, hypnosis ... which for having tried them all absolutely doesn't work. As a result I come here to you in order to catch some tips you guys may give to me (similar app or organisation in Europe? Known mental health professionals practicing here on France ? Or any other advice) I am new here and determined to find solutions and learn more about this condition and learn about how to live with it so as you understood any advice is most welcome. By the way. Thanks to the NOCD team to create such a great app and best of luck to all the people dealing with OCD. It's good to see people managing to operate good in life despite the condition and it feels good to see people helping other people. Samuel tanriverdi

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Date posted: 4y

Hi! There might be an OCD support group on Facebook or something for people in France. Something that I think is helpful is to practice mindfulness, meditation, and kindness towards yourself. Over the years, although I am not treated either, I have mostly made peace with a lot of my thoughts, what I mean is understanding that it’s not my fault I have them, and I’m not a bad person. There’s got to be some international help out there. Here’s a link from the OCD foundations site, it’s a list of OCD organizations around the world. There’s one for France listed, although I’m not sure if it’s a good site becuase I don’t speak French. https://iocdf.org/about/global-partners/ Here’s a link to the calm app, I don’t know if this is available in France, but it’s a meditation and breathing technique app, it may help calm down an anxiety attack. Remember to try and stop ruminating. Best of luck. 💕

Date posted: 4y

A European organization is OCD action I think

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