Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (955 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585420484 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said This book reads more like a medical journal then a story. This book reads more like a medical journal then a story. If you suffer from OCD then this book could be helpfu, or interestingl to you. If you want to read a story about someone with OCD then you will be very disappointed.. "The best book on OCD I've ever read" according to Suzanne Amara. I've been reading through all books I can find about OCD, as I have recently been diagnosed with this disorder. I thought this one would be lightweight, full of stories about Double Dare and written in a comic style. Was I wrong! Summers is so honest about his life and his OCD. He included information about the disorder that I have never . Beautiful Story A Customer Believe it or not, I really felt differently about this book after reading it.I though this was a book about OCD. But after reading it, I found out it's really a book about the trials and triumphs of lifeperiod, with or without OCD.It really was a touching tale about how one can never be sure what to expect in life and how one goes about
From the time he was in the first grade, Marc Summers feared that if his bedroom wasn't perfectly neat and his shirts didn't hang exactly one-fourth of an inch apart in the closet, something terrible would befall his parents or himself. It wasn't until many years later that the source of his anxiety became clear: like an estimated 6 million Americans today, Summers suffers the effects of obsessive compulsive disorder.A frank and often hilarious narrative, Everything in Its Place tells the story of Summers's journey from compulsive room cleaner to family man, television celebrity, and Obsessive Compulsive Foundation spokesp
Hollander, an OCD expert, was a guest on Summers's talk show, and became active in educating the public about a neurological disorder that affects some six million Americans. Agent, Mark Reiter, IMG Literary; 7-city tour. Summers believes his considerable career success is tied to his OCD, since it was "a way for me to channel an aspect of my disease: my need to win, to be perfect, to be the best." He also emphasizes the fear and shame he felt about his compulsions, the toll they took on his family and the need