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ckj617 , 25 Aug 2009

Seeking Participants for Docu-series, "The OCD Project"

“The OCD Project” 4 FREE weeks of intensive therapy, all expenses paid and weekly compensation for all participants! Are you or someone you know suffering from OCD? 3 Ball Productions, the production company behind NBC's hit show, “The Biggest Loser," and many other shows with a positive message and impact on society, is producing a new non-exploitative documentary style series, “The OCD Project”. We are casting for the next month. Six chosen applicants (Ages 18 and up) will receive four free weeks of intensive therapy conducted in a group setting by a prestigious doctor who has been highly successful in the treatment and advances of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. All expenses will be paid, including room, board and all therapy sessions. Each participant will also receive ample, weekly compensation. The OCD Project will be shooting in October. This is an exciting and rare opportunity for OCD patients to gain incredible knowledge and free treatment with prominent, licensed therapists who have been instrumental in advancing and treating OCD. THERE ARE SOLUTIONS! Please e-mail us at TheOCDProject@gmail.com (ATTN: Caroline), with your name, contact info and a brief description of your/your loved one’s disorder and how it has affected your life. Please be specific with your/your loved one’s rituals and behaviors.
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srb4858
August 25, 2009
Can you really help me? I am beyond desperate to get better
ckj617
August 25, 2009
Hi there, Good to hear from you. I'm so sorry that you are struggling. Please call me at the office tomorrow after 10 am (Pacific Standard Time) and I can give you details about the show. All the best, Caroline Caroline Johnson-Stephens Casting Director 3Ball Productions/The OCD Project (424) 236-7500 x: 7630 carolinecasting@gmail.com
melinda casey
August 27, 2009
I have been doing it since I was a child, my sister thought I was a addict of some kind, and I am not a drug user , that hurt my feelings, I have torn my face apart before important events, knowing I have to look nice and dont, then I have a job where others there pick too, we work in a dark place so we dont think they can see underneath the makeup is a world of hurt skin...we cover and get more zits to pick, or Ill pick something so little and turn it into something huge and hate myself my friends family everyone I am mad at the damage I do to myself, but I also in the same note do it to myself, I hate my face so much and looking at it and what I Have dont to myself over the years , man o man, when its clear I feel like I can dooooooooo anything in the world, when it is how it is, I isolate myself in my home for days untill it can be clear enought to go to work, I am disgusted in myself and have quit ciggarettes,now how do I quit this life long habit of hell, yeah I do get happy when something comes out but the next day seee the result and hate the world, myself everything go into deep depressions over the matter but have to keep on going in this world ,but how do I make myself stop or help my friends with worse behaviors reconize they also have this disorder, It is a awful existance being a picker of ones face , almost hell on earth I am living melinda endless picking in seattle hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ckj617
August 31, 2009
Hi Melinda, I would love to talk to you more about the show. Please call me at the office as soon as you get this. We are in the office from 10 am-7 pm (Pacific Standard Time). I look forward to speaking to you, Caroline Johnson-Stephens Casting Director 3Ball Productions/The OCD Project (424) 236-7500 x: 7630 carolinecasting@gmail.com
cherybery
September 01, 2009
I don't know if you would be able to help me or not. I do pick but I also self injure. Not sure if you would view one in the same. All I know is this much. I have been in and out of treatment and not a single one of them has been able to cure me of this. I am 42 and have done this off and on since I was 7. Cher
ckj617
September 01, 2009
Hi Cher, Please call me at the office to talk more about the show. I look forward to hearing from you! Caroline Johnson-Stephen Casting Director 3Ball Productions/The OCD Project (424) 236-7500 x: 7630 carolinecasting@gmail.com
belsy
September 02, 2009
Wish I could be involved but am in Australia. At my wits end.
ckj617
September 02, 2009
I'm sorry that you're having a hard time...Here’s an organization you can follow up with to get insight and, hopefully, some help: http://www.ocfoundation.org/ Be well, Caroline
Becca
September 02, 2009
I pick. Plain and simple.lol Mostly at my scalp. Very few and selected friends know about this...I'm not so sure I want the whole world to know lol.
belsy
September 02, 2009
I know what you mean Becca. While the idea of someone who actually understands our condition giving you intensive treatment is really appealing, it would be very hard to admit publically. But then I see people lose weight on biggest loser type shows and think they are so brave and then wonder if people watching them helps them keep weight off - maybe if I worried about people seeing my pick and watching for it I would stop? Who knows. I pick all the time too - started with my scalp when I was an infant and moved on to other body parts during my teens. Worst at the moment is arms, face and legs but scalp still tops the list. My family knows but that is it - although anyone around me frequently would have to notice. I don't hide my picking of the scalp - I figure people can't notice but sometimes worry they do. But I try really hard not to pick anywhere else in front of people. Am trying so hard to kick this but 35 years is a loooonnnngggggg time.... I lay awake thinking about picking - it really is like being a drug user or something. I have no other vices - don't drink, smoke, use drugs or anything.... just pick. Arrghhhhh
Juls22
September 03, 2009
I have the same problem belsy. The problem is that like you said the idea of free specialized treatment and understanding is tempting, those weight loss shows differ though because in my opinion it is much more socially acceptable to be overweight than to be a skin picker. Much of america is overweight and it's something that everyone is aware of and understands. Skin pickers mostly hover under the radar though. I would be so ashamed to admit that I pick my scalp. I feel that even people I know would be disgusted by it. I can't imagine millions of viewers feeling that same way. While I applaud everyone else that is game for this study I just wouldn't feel comfortable doing it myself. The benefit of this show would be that it would comfort and give hope to SO many people who suffer from the same problems. I'm 22 now and I can't imagine knowing that others suffered from the same issue when I was younger. I would have felt infinitely better knowing that others make excuses for bathroom breaks just to pick, that people would be able to advise me on how to cover bald spots, that I shouldn't feel the guilt that I was doing something disgusting to myself and that even worse it felt so good that I couldn't bare to give it up. I hope the show works out for you all and I will definitely be watching.
toopicky
September 06, 2009
I too am in Australia Belsy and have only just discovered that this is a recognised condition!! I was searching Google to see if I could see it as a simple medical problem.. maybe for a cream to buy or something! Now I realise it isn't that easy as I actually 'like' picking at my scalp and have done so for at least 28 years in secret. I think hard and deeply and this is the time when the picking is at it's worse. I want to stop. I want to stop eating so much chocolate too. I want to lose weight without the aid of slimming pills or extreme short term diets. I want to be happy. I want to feel free :-)

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