GGOC: OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

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Main audiences:
People with obsessive compulsive symptoms would benefit from using the app as a therapy assisting tool. It can provide users with more information about their condition, as well as better understanding of how other people who suffer from similar doubts think and feel.

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The application is based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – one of the most research-supported psychological therapies.

According to CBT models, negative self-talk – individuals’ ongoing interpretations of the self, others and the world – maintain psychological difficulties such as obsessive preoccupation, low mood, and maladaptive behaviours.

In OCD, for instance, individuals negative self-talk often relates to fear of being contaminated, fear of hurting others or oneself, fear of sin etc., Individuals presenting with contamination fears, for instance, will say to themselves phrases such as “this is very dirty and dangerous” when seeing a door handle.

Such negative self-talk, of course, ultimately increases their contamination fears and intensifies negative mood

GGOC was developed in order to provide an accessible CBT training platform that would allow individuals with OCD related fears and doubts to better deal with negative self-talk. The application is designed to
(1) increase individuals’ awareness of negative self-talk.
(2) train individuals’ to better identify and challenge negative self-talk.
(3) increase individuals’ access to neutral and positive self-talk.
(4) increase the automaticity of the above processes.

To further strengthen learning of supportive self-talk, each level the player completes is followed by a small memory game in which one has to identify a supportive statements that appeared in the previous level.

Training using this application, will hopefully allow for gradual, steady learning of more positive self-talk thereby helping to break the vicious thought cycle maintaining OCD symptoms.

GGBI: Body Image Distress & Preoccupation

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Main audiences:
People who suffer from body related distress including body dissatisfaction, preoccupation with a perceived flaw in appearance (Body Dysmorphic Disorder; BDD) and would like to improve their condition by training daily, and people who already had treatment for BDD or related body distress and want to prevent relapse.

Group 1 will benefit from using the app as a therapy assisting tool. It can provide users with more information about body distress and preoccupation, as well as better understanding of how other people with similar difficulties think and feel.
Group 2 can use the app to review their learning in therapy and practice challenging their appearance related negative self-talk.
New findings support the effectiveness of the basic mechanism used in GG apps.
According to CBT models, negative self-talk – individuals’ ongoing interpretations of the self, others and the world – maintain psychological difficulties such as obsessive preoccupation, low mood, and maladaptive behaviors.

In body distress and preoccupation, for instance, individuals negative self-talk often relates to the over-importance of appearance to their self-worth, their being accepted or their success in life more generally. Individuals with such beliefs will continuously say to themselves (in their heads) phrases such as ‘I’m ugly’, ‘I have to look perfect’ or ‘I will never be accepted because of my looks‘.
The application is designed to:
(1) increase individuals’ awareness of negative self-talk.
(2) train individuals’ to better identify and challenge negative self-talk.
(3) increase individuals’ access to neutral and positive self-talk.
(4) increase the automaticity of the above processes.

To further strengthen learning of supportive self-talk, each level the player completes is followed by a small memory game in which one has to identify a supportive statements that appeared in the previous level.

Training using this application, will hopefully allow for gradual, steady learning of more positive self-talk thereby helping to break the vicious thought cycle maintaining appearance related preoccupation.

GG Apps get into the details

At GG Apps, we believe it’s not enough to promise the world to our users. We don’t just focus on easily digestible content that everyone could write. Instead, we go very deeply and specifically into people’s real feelings and thoughts.

Our apps begin with more common themes such as Self esteem. Soon after, we get into more specific topics, such as Doubt and Beliefs. On the more advanced levels, we cover a wide array of very targeted and specific thoughts. Topics such as Coping with embarrassment and Commitment anxiety are just an example.

That’s partly why it takes us a lot of time to add new languages – we need to make sure our translates actually translate culturally and psychologically as well.

So thanks for your amazing support and patience, and keep on training for those 2-3 minutes a day.

GG Apps updated with new font, language

Today and tomorrow we are rolling out a much anticipated to our line of apps. Our new version now supports Right-to-left languages, and for this new feature we also updated the font to a more contemporary, readable on (Open Sans).

These changes will hopefully make the app content more comprehensible for your short training sessions.

The apps currently being updated: GGRO, GGOC and GGBI (our newest app, make sure you try it out if you want to improve your body image).

GGRO will support, following this update, 3 languages: English, Spanish and Hebrew. We are also working on Italian and would really like to add more languages as soon as we can. The reason we don’t do that too often is we need to make sure our content is not just translated properly, but also works in the translated language in terms of context and culture.

Over the next few weeks, we are planning to add a fourth member to our little family – GGSE: Self Esteem. This more ‘vanilla’ app is designed for wide audience, such as people who don’t suffer from a specific condition but would still like to train and improve their well being.

Stay tuned, and let us know if you experience any issues with the update.

I have doubts about my relationship. Is it normal?

Doubt is a defensive mechanism. Its purpose is to warn and protect us from mistakes and danger. A good balance between confidence and doubt ensures we can operate in this world freely and happily, and maintain a healthy relationship.

However, some people find it much more common to be unsure about things that for others can be more straightforward. For example, we can get preoccupied or obsessed about our partner, spouse or loved ones. This obsessive behaviour and thinking can prevent us from seeing clearly and making the right choices. Instead of protecting us, it can damage our relationships and our well being.

How do I know if I have ROCD?

Worrying, having doubts or even being preoccupied with a particular relationship does not automatically suggest a diagnosis of a relationship obsession.

Like other OCD symptoms, relationship-related OCD symptoms require psychological intervention only when causing significant distress and are incapacitating. Assessing ROCD symptoms, however, is further complicated by the fact that such experiences, even if distressing, may still be a part of the normal course of a still developing relationship, mainly during the flirting and dating stages of a relationship, or reflect real life problems.

ROCD and GG Apps

When we developed GG Platform, we decided to focus on beliefs as a catalyst for changing maladaptive behaviours. Beliefs are interesting: We often forget about them, but they sit there in the back and control us, making us respond in specific ways to various stimuli.

Our app, GGRO: Relationship Doubt, is focused on helping people improve their condition whether they have normal doubts or if they suffer from Relationship OCD. We believe training for 3-5 minutes a day can benefit users by reducing symptoms and challenging beliefs that hinder our judgement.

 

 

GGOC: OCD Training app is now ready to download

Good news from the app stores this morning – our newest app, GGOC: OCD Training app is now approved and ready to download.

This iteration expands our GG Apps app variety to two – GGRO focuses on relationship related obsessions, while GGOC has wider, more generic OCD related content, with specific topics for common obsessions such as contamination, perfectionism, abandonment and more.

So what are we all waiting for? Let’s start training!

Google Play download link

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App Store download link

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GG Apps family expands

We’re now on the verge of launching a new app: GG OC, and would like to tell a bit more about it.

When we started working on GG Apps, we decided to start with a narrower, more specific audience, and chose ROCD and relationship related obsession as the first stepping stone. This came out naturally: Prof. Guy Doron is a world leading researcher in the field and helped define it. Therefore, we felt like we knew the target audience pretty good.

The plan was always to expand towards wider audience, and the next natural step is tackling a more established and well known range of obsessions which unfortunately affect millions of people worldwide: OCD, “Pure OC” and more.

We tailored a new “path” or map for people to follow – this path has four major goals:

Awareness: We learn more about our negative self talk

Identification: We train ourselves to better identify and challenge negative self talk

Positivity: We increase our access to neutral and positive self-talk.

Automatic: We increase the automaticity of the above processes.

Main audiences:
People with obsessive compulsive symptoms would benefit from using the app as a therapy assisting tool. It can provide users with more information about their condition, as well as better understanding of how other people who suffer from similar doubts think and feel. This app can be also used as a relapse prevention tool for OCD. Daily training can benefit by enhancing people’s ability to identify and respond to self-talk.

GG OC is scheduled for release early December.

Message from K

I want to thank you so much for this ROCD app. It saved my life! I had been doing CBT therapy for OCD but it was very general. This app targets the exact thoughts and perceptions that run through my head.

I’m becoming much more aware of my misconceptions about relationships therefore I’m starting to change my perception towards them. I feel like this shift will help me build healthier relationships!

Sarah’s mail

Hello GG Apps,
Thank you so much for your research into ROCD and for making this app. I am really enjoying it and plan on buying it once I finish the free version.
It is really validating to see the different statements and realize that what I am experiencing is indeed ROCD. What a relief!!!!! It also helps to know what the different thoughts are so, I can identify them when they happen.
Thanks again! Keep up the good work!