The OCD Field Guide — Every Subtype Explained, 155 Pages + Worksheets

What this is

Most OCD material explains the problem and stops there. This hands you pages to write on.

A 155-page plain-English guide to how the loop actually works, plus 18 printable pages you fill in — 10 tracking tools and 8 word-for-word scripts. Every companion page comes twice: a print edition, and a fillable edition you can type straight into on a phone or tablet.

Use it as a tracker, from day one

• Your First Rep — a single page telling you exactly where to begin, so the first decision is already made for you.
• Daily Thought-Tracking — the thought, what followed it, and what it cost. One entry a day.
• What a Useful Entry Looks Like — a worked example, already filled in, so you can see the level of detail that keeps tracking useful instead of letting it turn into another review ritual.
• Trigger Awareness — what set it off, written down before the day blurs it.

Then watch it over thirty days

• The 30-Day Compulsion Reduction Tracker — one grid, thirty boxes. Change becomes something you can see rather than something you have to remember.
• Weekly Compulsion Log and ERP Exposure Log — what you practised, and what actually happened afterwards.
• The Wins Journal — a counterweight to a memory that keeps the hard days and drops the good ones.
• When OCD Gets Loud — an emergency plan you fill in on a calm day, so it already exists on the day it is needed.

For the conversations you have been putting off

Eight scripts, word for word: talking to your doctor, asking for an OCD referral, telling a partner, asking a partner to stop reassuring you, telling parents or family, telling friends, what to say when someone asks you for reassurance, and explaining it at work. Plus a page on choosing your moment.

Built to be understood, not decoded

Plain language throughout — no clinical vocabulary to translate before you can use it. If you do not know which subtype fits, the quick lookup on page 142 starts from the fear you actually have rather than the clinical name. There is a self-check page too, written as a self-check and not a diagnosis.

What you get — six files

• The OCD Field Guide — 155 pages. Every subtype, the hidden compulsions most people never name, the language of OCD, and the tools that help. Built to read on a screen, with a clickable contents sidebar so you can jump straight to your subtype.
• The Tracker Pack — the tracking tools above, in print and fillable editions.
• The Script Guide — the eight scripts, in print and fillable editions.
• A Start Here page — what to open first.

How it arrives

Download after checkout — your files are on the order confirmation page, plus a backup link by email. Yours to keep, and to reprint whenever you like.

Straight answers

If it is not right, we fix it. Wrong file, missing pages, or it will not open on your device — email us within 30 days and we get you a working copy. A real person reads every message.

Not a clinician — these are self-practice materials built from published ERP methods, not treatment. If you are in crisis, this is not the right tool for today. In the US you can call or text 988; in the UK and Republic of Ireland, 116 123; anywhere else, findahelpline.com lists a service for your country.