✅ 🧠 How Do You Track OCD Compulsions On The OCD Help App?

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Episode Overview

Episode Title:
✅ 🧠 How Do You Track OCD Compulsions On The OCD Help App?

Podcast:
OCD Recovery with Ali Greymond

Release Date:
May 20, 2026

Main Theme:
In this brief, practical episode, Ali Greymond explains how to accurately track OCD compulsions within the OCD Help App. She provides straightforward guidance on how to count and log compulsive behaviors during OCD recovery, offering clarity for users tracking their progress and building effective exposure and response prevention (ERP) routines.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Counting Compulsions as Events

• Explanation of Compulsion Tracking:
  Ali highlights that on the OCD Help App, each distinct compulsive behavior is counted as a single "event."

“On the OCD Help App, we count compulsions as events."
— Ali Greymond [00:00]

• Example Given:
  She offers a practical example for clarity:

“So, for example, you went into the bathroom, you washed your hands. That counts as one compulsion. Then you did something else. That's another compulsion.”
— Ali Greymond [00:07]

• Event-Based Tracking:
  Each time you engage in a compulsion, regardless of what it is, it gets logged individually—helping users quantify their behaviors.

2. Tracking Rumination Separately—In Minutes

• Rumination Differs from Physical Compulsions:
  Rumination (mental compulsions or repetitive, intrusive thinking) is tracked differently in the app.

“So rumination will count in minutes, but compulsions we count in events.”
— Ali Greymond [00:15]

• Purpose:
  This allows for a nuanced approach—physical/behavioral compulsions are quantifiable as discrete acts, while mental compulsions are measured by time spent engaged in the thought process.

3. Additional Support

• Emergency Session Reminder:
  Ali briefly mentions emergency session availability, reinforcing the supportive features of her program, though she doesn’t elaborate further during this snippet.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Compulsion Tracking:

“On the OCD Help App, we count compulsions as events. So, for example, you went into the bathroom, you washed your hands. That counts as one compulsion. Then you did something else. That's another compulsion.”
— Ali Greymond [00:00–00:09]

• On Rumination Tracking:

“So rumination will count in minutes, but compulsions we count in events.”
— Ali Greymond [00:15]

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Important Timestamps

• [00:00] – Ali introduces the topic: counting compulsions as discrete events.
• [00:07] – Example: washing hands is one compulsion; doing something else is another.
• [00:15] – Rumination is tracked by minutes, not by events.

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Summary

Ali Greymond breaks down how to use the OCD Help App for tracking recovery progress. She distinguishes between event-based logging for behavioral compulsions and time-based tracking for mental compulsions (rumination). Her clear, practical advice helps listeners understand what to record and how, laying a foundation for more accurate self-monitoring and effective OCD recovery work.

Transcript

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On the ocd. Help up. We count compulsions as events. So, for example, you went into the bathroom, you washed your hands. That counts as one compulsion. Then you did something else. That's another compulsion. So rumination will count in minutes, but compulsions we count in events. Emergency session is available. The link is in the description.