Behavioral & Mental Health Conditions Series *Updating In January
Course overview
Lesson Overview

11.11 Exposure and Response Prevention Concepts: Exposure and Response Prevention teaches you to face the situations that trigger OCD fears without performing the rituals that normally follow, helping your brain learn that nothing bad happens when you resist the urge to obey anxiety’s demands. You begin slowly, choosing exposure challenges that bring discomfort but are manageable enough to practice repeatedly, allowing anxiety to rise and fall naturally instead of trying to escape or fix it. The “response prevention” part means that when the urge to perform a ritual appears, you hold steady and let the anxious feeling move through you without acting on it. At first, the fear feels intense and alarming, but with each exposure, the reaction becomes less powerful. This repetition shows your brain that the danger was never real and the ritual was never needed for safety. Over time, exposures become empowering moments that remind you of your strength, teaching you that freedom returns not by avoiding discomfort, but by proving you can survive it and still move forward with courage and control.

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A structured and empowering learning path that helps individuals understand, manage, and balance complex behavioral and mental health patterns. Through guided topics on OCD, ADHD, anxiety, trauma, depression, and other conditions, this series teaches self

This course includes:
  • Guided behavioral and emotional training

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