Salim
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Private OCD self-help

You don’t have to solve every thought.

Salim is a gentle app for people with OCD: help for the moment a thought gets loud, practice built on ERP principles, and a calm companion beside you.

What you type never leaves your device.

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The same moment, three ways

Leaving the house

You lock the door.

A habit, done without much thought.

Times checked
0
Reassurance asked
No
more distresstime

Most people, step 1 of 3. Leaving the house. You lock the door. A habit, done without much thought.

A made-up everyday example. The line is illustrative. Practice is not about proving the doubt wrong, and Salim never offers reassurance.

What’s inside

  • Help in the moment

    Quick Reset takes 30 seconds or 2 minutes: recognise, allow, resist, return. Breathing and grounding are there for when you need them.

  • Practice, at your pace

    Exposure with response prevention, step ladders and a slow plan for long-standing avoidance. Plus small ways to wait out, shrink or swap an urge, across 10 kinds of compulsion.

  • See your own loop

    Explore 13 OCD themes and map your own loop in Trial Mode. The 10 short drills work for any theme.

  • Understand the patterns

    9 patterns explained with fictional examples, a decision map, and an optional 50-question Pattern check.

  • Faith, if you want it

    An optional lens adds Qur’an and Sahih hadith reflections, with sources and never rulings. Every tool works without it, and you can switch it off.

  • Private by design

    Your account holds your email and billing, never your thoughts. There are no streaks, scores or rewards: Salim is built to be needed less.

See inside Salim

Meet Limu

A small otter who keeps you company in the corner. Limu reacts to what you are doing and helps you practise sitting with uncertainty. It never gives reassurance, it never opens itself, and everything it knows stays on your device.

  • Salim’s home screen: a calm meadow scene and a button that says “I’m stuck in a thought loop”.
    Start from wherever you are
  • Quick Reset, step 1 of 4: “Notice that your mind is asking for certainty.”
    A 30-second reset
  • The Theme Explorer, listing OCD themes you can explore.
    Find the theme that sounds like you

How the free month works

  1. Create your accountFree, and no payment is taken. Confirm your email.
  2. Start your free monthWhen you are ready. We show the exact date it ends and what happens next before you confirm anything.
  3. Continue at £4.99 a month, or don’tCancel any time from your account. You keep access until the end of the period you have already had.

What Salim is built on, and what it isn’t

The practice tools follow the principles of exposure and response prevention (ERP), the kind of CBT that NICE recommends for OCD. One tool, Trace the chain, is inspired by inference-based CBT.

Salim is self-help, not therapy. It is not a diagnosis, it has not been clinically validated, and it is not a crisis service. It points you to urgent help and to NHS Talking Therapies, and it is meant to sit alongside professional care, not replace it.

Questions

Will I be charged without realising?

No. You see the exact date your free month ends, and what happens next, before you confirm anything, and Stripe’s checkout shows the same. Creating an account takes no payment.

What happens to what I type?

It stays in your browser’s memory on your device. It is never stored or sent, and it disappears when you close the page. The account holds your email and billing details, nothing you write in the tools.

How do I cancel?

Open Your account and choose “Cancel subscription”. It takes you to Stripe’s secure portal. You keep access until the end of the period you have already had, and you are not charged again.

Can I delete my account?

Yes, from Your account, in one step. It cancels any subscription straight away, with no further payments, and removes your sign-in and profile.

Is this therapy, or a crisis service?

Neither. Salim is educational self-help. If you are in danger, call 999. Urgent help is always free and needs no account.

Does it work for my kind of OCD?

Salim explores several common themes, and the practice works the same way across them: noticing the urge, not giving in to the ritual, and letting the discomfort pass. It cannot tell you a feared thing could never happen.

Do I need to be Muslim?

No. Every tool works without any religious content. The faith lens is optional, and you can switch it off in Settings.

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