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When In Doubt, Make Belief: An OCD-Inspired Approach To Living With Uncertainty

Chapter headings: Foreword by Michael A. Jenike, MD Introduction PART ONE: IN (THE SHADOW OF) DOUBT 1. With or Within Doubt?: Intellect-Based vs. Fear-Based Doubt 2. Octopuses Chewing Doubt-nuts: An Introduction to OCD 3. Trapdoors: False Exits When Stuck In Doubt PART TWO: MAKING BELIEF (TEN STEPS OUT WHEN STUCK IN DOUBT) 4. Reverence: First Principle of Making Belief 5. Resolve: Second Principle of Making Belief 6. Investment: Third Principle…

Rewind, Replay, Repeat – A Memoir of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Selected excerpts: “The utter stillness unnerves me at first. I imagine Doubt hiding at its edges, waiting to ambush me at just the right moment, as it’s done so many times before during the hush of a pitch black night or the sacred silence of prayer. For some reason though, I find myself feeling especially…

Brain Lock: Free yourself from Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour

Note: This title is included on this website because: there is an overlap between sufferers of OCD and alcoholism (which is clear from some of the stories in this book); it introduces Buddhist mindfulness practice to dealing with our obsessions and compulsions; it provides an important, contrasting perspective to books on compulsions like Mary O’Malley’s….