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Decent memoir/nonfiction about OCD in general and the author's experience. It isn't quite organized and he doesn't weave the generic and specific quite seamlessly and there are a few too many anecdotes that are present more for shock value than because that actual support the point. But it's ok.

#ReadHarder #ReadHarder2021 - demystifies a common mental illness

Aborda o problema do TOC Transtorno obsessivo compulsivo. Saúde e Comportamento. Psicologia.

"It is not the accuracy of recall that matters in OCD, but a loss of confidence that those memories are true. People who carry out compulsive checks seem to trust their memory less, and the more they check, the more this distrust grows. It is another vicious cycle: memory uncertainty provokes the need to check, and to check increases memory uncertainty."

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"The only way to free a trapped thought was for another to knock it out, send it on its way, and for it to settle there instead. Some intrusive thoughts would remain for days or weeks, others would last for just a few minutes. But the net was always full. And the content of the net, the thought that was in residence at the time, was always on my mind."

I CAN ABSOLUTELY ?% RELATE TO THIS QUOTE ?

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#decktheshelves #christmassocks #bookhaul I love digging through the books at Dollar Tree to find the good ones. I‘ve even found a few signed editions!

• i just started this book and already i‘m learning so much more about this disorder i have had since my teenage years. i self-diagnosed and have educated myself on this topic for half my life and it seems there‘s still much more to learn about it •

• love these new overlays 👏🏼😘 •

• 2nd page...great explanation of the persistence of this disorder •

• this is a great explanation of OCD...2nd page to follow •

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Books about mental illness are the ones that speak to me most personally. These are just few I would recommend or have on my TBR:
The Bell Jar
Girl, Interrupted
Fangirl
Silver Linings Playbook
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
Made You Up
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I found this book to be quite interesting and informative. Books that discuss mental illness and their position in society always fascinate me. Adam provides a lot of facts as well as his own personal perspective. I highly recommend this book.

I really enjoyed listening to this, even though I kept thinking, "Well, pretty sure I have OCD." Very informative, with a good mix of personal anecdotes.

"Psychopaths are broadly defined as people who behave in a way that breaches social expectations and norms, but who feel no remorse or shame when they do so. They lie, cheat, and steal and can inflict great cruelty with no care that others consider what they do is wrong."
Finding it hard not to connect this with 2016.

It came in the mail today! Love a library binding!!!

After seeing @BookishFeminist post about this book, I went ahead and ordered it off Amazon. As someone who suffers from OCD and has been caught in endless loops of checks and double checks, I'm quite familiar with the topic and I look forward to reading it.

As someone with OCD I found this book very relatable. I enjoyed the historical perspectives as well.