SUDS Scale for ERP: How to Rate Distress During Exposure
A single number, rated in the moment, is what turns an exposure from a bad hour into data you can learn from. Here is how to use the SUDS scale properly.
Read postWhat Is ERP Therapy for OCD? A Plain-English Guide
ERP is the front-line therapy for OCD, and it is far less mysterious than it sounds. Here is what it is, what a session looks like, and why the response prevention half is the part that does the work.
Read postIs Patterns a CBT app? ERP, CBT, and what actually helped me
A question I get a lot: is Patterns a CBT app? The short answer is yes-ish, and the honest answer is more interesting than that.
Read postWhat I actually wanted from an OCD app
Before I built Patterns, I kept downloading apps and deleting them. This is what I was actually looking for in an OCD app, and why it was so hard to find.
Read postThe loop, and how I loosen it
Obsession, distress, compulsion, relief. Then it starts again. Here is how I learned to see the loop instead of living inside it.
Read postWhy I built Patterns
I have OCD. I built Patterns because I kept looking for the tool I needed and never finding it. This is the honest version of why.
Read postWhy Patterns keeps your OCD data private
The things people with OCD write down are exactly the things they least want anyone to see. So Patterns keeps all of it on your device. Here is why.
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