OCD makes big waves. Learn to surf them.

Yes. Surf OCD is free to download and free to start, and the SOS urge-surfing support is always free, because nobody should hit a paywall mid-panic. Surf Plus is an optional subscription that unlocks unlimited AI coaching and personalized lessons.

No. If you can work with an OCD specialist, do - Surf OCD works well alongside therapy. It's built for the hours a therapist can't be there: the 2am spiral, the urge that hits in the supermarket, and for everyone who can't get specialist care right now.

You can ask it about OCD, but be careful. General chatbots are trained to be agreeable, so they reassure you endlessly, and reassurance is a compulsion that feeds the loop. Surf AI is built on ERP and refuses reassurance by design, and your data is only stored on your phone.

Yes. Surf OCD has no accounts, and your triggers, exposures, chats, and reflections are only stored on your phone - there's no cloud copy. The one thing that leaves is the message you send Surf AI, which goes out to generate the reply and is never stored. The privacy page has the plain-language details.

Yes. ERP is the first-line treatment across every OCD theme - harm, contamination, checking, relationship, religious, sexual, and existential obsessions, and the purely mental rituals people call pure O. Surf OCD's lessons and exposures adapt to your own triggers, whatever your intrusive thoughts are about.

No. Many people who suspect they have OCD use Surf OCD to understand what is happening and practice the skills. If your symptoms are severe, please also seek a professional assessment - we will never discourage you from getting real-world help.

Open the SOS and surf it. Urge surfing means riding the urge like a wave instead of obeying it: breathe with the circle, ground yourself, and watch it rise, peak, and pass. Urges last far less time than they threaten to - most pass within minutes once you stop feeding them. The SOS is always free, and Surf AI stays with you without reassuring you.

Then you're a person with OCD having a hard day, not a failure. Waves keep coming, and every one is a fresh chance to practice. Notice what happened with curiosity, be kind to yourself, and ride the next one - Surf OCD never scores you on it.

No, and that's on purpose. Asking for reassurance feels good for a minute and feeds OCD for a week - it's a compulsion. Surf AI is built to support you without reassuring you, which is the kind of support that actually helps.

Surf OCD isn't a crisis service. If you're in danger or thinking about harming yourself, contact your local emergency number or a crisis line now - findahelpline.com lists free, confidential helplines by country. Come back to Surf OCD when you're safe.