Best biography or autobiography books about ocd
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5 Must-Read Books for People Struggling with OCD
Living with untreated OCD can be brutal. You wake up in the morning, begin obsessing immediately, and then go to sleep twelve hours later hoping your next day isn’t as difficult. I can relate, because I’ve been there.
The good news is that many people with OCD effectively manage their condition every day, given how treatable it is. The gold-standard treatment for OCD is exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy provided by a licensed therapist who is specialty-trained in it. Sometimes, ERP can also be combined with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) medications, mindfulness techniques, or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Given the availability of clinically proven treatment combined with other useful approaches to manage OCD, it’s hard to believe that OCD was once thought to be untreatable. One of the reasons OCD is so manageable today is that there have been many brilliant clinicians who dedicated their c
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Obsessed
Obsessed CHAPTER 1
“I don’t think the pigs smell me. inom think they see me,” Ms. Griffin says, reenacting last night’s assigned reading from Lord of the Flies. She pretends to apply mud to her face and body like war paint and crouches down, ready for the hunt. Overweight in a way that reminds me pleasantly of my grandmother, with her frizzy, out-of-control hair flying in all directions, she scuttles in between the desks at the front of the room, a ruler raised high in the air as a spear.
In the fourth row, third chair back, I am using Lauren Madison’s hair as a shield to stay out of Ms. Griffin’s line of vision. I spend most English classes annoyed with Lauren’s blond, conditioned locks—the way they tumble beautifully across my desk and how they smell like expensive shampoo and roses. Today, however, her mane provides a convenient wall to hide behind while I study for my upcoming sixth-period chemistry test. I am feverishly attempting to memorize the molecular formula of a
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Multimedia
The following list is just a small percentage of all the books out there on OCD and related disorders, and is provided for informational purposes only.
Books with a checkmark () are self-help books written by professionals which meet the IOCDF Book Review Task Force’s criteria for evidence-based self-help books. The IOCDF does not review or provide this designation to self-help books and memoirs written by consumers or professional books written by professionals.
The IOCDF does not specifically recommend or endorse any book or its author. Readers should not view the material in the books as a substitute for care from a professional.
The IOCDF is an official Amazon Associate and when purchasing a book through one of the links below a portion of that purchase is directed back to the IOCDF.
The book list is broken down into the following categories, for easier browsing:
Self-Help
General
- Helping Children and Teens with Difficult-to-Treat OCD: A Guide to T
- Helping Children and Teens with Difficult-to-Treat OCD: A Guide to T