Today I participated in the 1 Million Steps 4 OCD with my family.
Today I had a Saturday with my family that I never dreamed to be possible because of my debilitating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Today was my first day out of Bergen 4 Day OCD Treatment and my world has gone from a grayscale of predictable despair to bright beautiful technicolor IN LITERARLLY 4 DAYS.
If you are suffering from OCD (especially if you believe you’ve gone as far as you can with coping mechanism, talk therapy, and non-effective exposure treatment) please follow the link below [or sign up for Bergen 4-Day OCD Treatment] to find the “you” that you think you’ve lost to OCD.”

My experience at the Bergen 4 Day program was both challenging and rewarding. I’ve struggled with OCD for a couple of years now, and I can certainly say that the program pushed me to confront scenarios I would have avoided on my own. I made more progress in dealing with my fears in these four days than in the entire past year. It was also extremely important that the people were great. I felt safe with the specialists at the program and enjoyed interacting with the other patients. The program was fun, which amazed me given how un-fun OCD and ERP are.

As a clinician, educator, and someone who has lived with OCD for most of my adult life, the B4D program helped me make a huge leap forward in my growth. I am now learning what life can be like as a full person. I highly recommend this program to everyone struggling with OCD and anxiety, no matter where they are in their recovery. My team were both partners and collaborators in this challenging work. The therapy and activities were tailor-made to my needs, and I felt heard, supported and seen when it was the hardest. They regularly surrounded me with kindness, compassion, and humor while working with me to both unpack and lean into my fear. As a strengths-based program, I have come to reframe my view of myself and my brain as normal. Thanks to my partnership with B4D and all the clinicians and patients that have informed the evolution of this program, I now see that I am capable of anything.

There are no words for the fear OCD had on me. I was ashamed of myself, living in constant anxiety, and had accepted that this would be the state of my being for the rest of my life. A state where I was afraid to be a mother, afraid to be alone, afraid of every possible “What if?”. When I was approached with the Bergen 4-Day Treatment I was desperate for any form of treatment but incredibly apprehensive that anything would work for me. Almost my entire first day of the Bergen treatment I cried out of shame, fear, hopelessness and just hatred for myself. On the last day, I cried out of joy, happiness, acceptance and freedom. I could feel my “old self” starting to break free already. My life was stollen from me with OCD, and I’m incredibly grateful to have it back. There are no words for my gratitude and appreciation for the Bergen 4-day treatment program and for the incredible clinicians that led me through it

The Bergen 4-Day Treatment program has changed my life in ways I never could’ve imagined. I came to Bergen after my first year of college, and was struggling with extremely severe OCD. Each day was a struggle to even get through, and I felt so hopeless. My life had become consumed by OCD, and I lost sight of everything I once enjoyed. The Bergen 4-Day Treatment proved to me how strong and brave I am. The team I worked with was so kind and so supportive, that it makes me teary-eyed thinking of my happy memories during the program (good tears!). Through all the education and tools Bergen gave me, I truly learned how to take back my life. It sounds crazy, but I actually had fun while doing my exposure tasks during the program, and it was so exciting to be able to do the things I had been afraid of for years. I learned that OCD is not so scary, but it is just a super clever, and super super annoying trickster. And after leaving Bergen, I felt so full of hope. Most importantly, I felt confident in myself. I had learned to be kind to myself during such a life-changing time, and to stay motivated to do the things that I want to do, not what OCD wants. I still think about my flight home, when I was just sitting and smiling, thinking about how excited I was to live and have my life back. Bergen is such a special place, and I cannot recommend it enough. Now, I am at school having a blast. I’m so excited by my classes, I’ve made tons of new friends, I’ve tried new things, and I truly feel like me again.

I subscribe to many other testimonies. OCD has been a prison for me for half of my life. And now it’s over. I’m amazed. My family and friends also. It’s like a “magic stick”. How can such a short time have such an huge effect on us ? To me what really made the difference was that WE as patients were in the center of the program, that WE set our goals and that the therapy went on OUR rhythm. The goodwilleness, patience and understanding of the therapists, the group talks, the enthusiasm from and for the other patients. I felt really good with the therapists and other patient(s). I felt safe, I felt understood and I felt of course helped. I thank them so much.