My reading has had a very narrow focus of late. Zoloft, risperdal, OCD, SSRIs, anxiety, CBT, high schools, AIMS tests-I am a veritable wealth of information. In my research I came across a very good book about OCD and what it does to the mind. Written by Jeff Bell, a regular guy with an MBA and a successful career in radio, he tells the story of his experience with the disorder. While the TV show Monk and people like Howie Mandel have raised awareness of OCD, it's too often seen as a joke or "So what? So he can't shake hands-what's the big deal?" This book does a good job of portraying the dark side of being OC.
The writing is good and kept me interested but I already had a compelling reason to be interested. I do think it was about 50 pages too long but that may be part of his OCD-he had to make sure the story was told and told and told. That being said, I think it's a book that would be of interest to anyone.
~Judy
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Thank you Thank you! I'd been wanting to ask you about "lessons learned" for sharing, so this is a welcome reference. I know I could use some larnin' on the subject.
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