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Ask HN: Can QuickTime Player "cure" OCD while using a computer?
Within the context of OCD while using a computer (e.g., repeatedly checking data in an important task), why not just video record the session using a tool such as the QuickTime Player?
That way, the user is less likely to repeatedly check data as this can be done later from the video -- thus taking away the anxiety. And in practice, the user may not even look at the video later.
Similarly, to cure OCD in other contexts, the user can use an iPhone say to take pictures/video of things they often check repeatedly (e.g,. water taps, the oven, locking the door, etc.).
One might argue that checking pictures/video would take a lot of time. That doesn't necessarily follow, especially if checking the pictures/video takes some effort -- you might be too lazy to bother. You might keep putting off the checking of the pictures/video indefinitely.
Do you think this would be an effective "cure" for OCD?