About

My name is Peter. I built Withold because I needed it and it didn't exist.

For years I lived with severe OCD and anxiety. I know the desperate search for an answer that will make it stop. I know how it feels to be told “just sit with it” when that feels completely impossible.

Withold isn't built from textbooks. It's built from that experience — and from everything I learned about what actually helps versus what makes things worse.

I'm not a therapist. Withold is not therapy. But it's something that didn't exist before — a companion that understands the disorder from the inside, that won't lie to you, and that believes in your ability to sit with this even when you don't believe it yourself.

If you're struggling right now, you're in the right place.