Comments on: 6 of the best books to read when you have OCD https://tolstoytherapy.com/bibliotherapy-ocd/ Feel better with books. Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:28:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: tolstoytherapy https://tolstoytherapy.com/bibliotherapy-ocd/#comment-118 https://tolstoytherapy.com/?p=150#comment-118 Steph, I'm so glad you liked that quote too! The author did a superb job at describing OCD, I think, and she really should be applauded (although the novel definitely was uneven!) Thank you so much for that other recommendation – your words do much to encourage me!

Hoping you and your family are doing well, Lucy.

]]> By: Irene McKenna https://tolstoytherapy.com/bibliotherapy-ocd/#comment-135 https://tolstoytherapy.com/?p=150#comment-135 "Jim faces a daily battle with OCD, which I'm relieved isn't presented as impeccable tidiness or the habitual lining up of socks" — yes! My daughter has severe OCD, as I think I have told you before. It is frustrating to us that most people's view of this often devastating illness is limited to hand-washing and lock checking.

Like you, I enjoyed Perfect although it was rather uneven. And I will check out a few other titles on your list.

I highly recommend a memoir titled Triggered by Fletcher Wortmann. It comes closest, of anything I've read, to explaining OCD as my daughter has experienced it, at least as far as I am able to understand it.

Steph (formerly at On Page and Screen)

]]> By: tolstoytherapy https://tolstoytherapy.com/bibliotherapy-ocd/#comment-246 https://tolstoytherapy.com/?p=150#comment-246 The novel really is a very creative one, and it brings up so many interesting points, especially regarding therapy and 'getting better'. I like that it does this in a very real, perhaps unconventional, and honest way!

]]> By: Brian Joseph https://tolstoytherapy.com/bibliotherapy-ocd/#comment-254 https://tolstoytherapy.com/?p=150#comment-254 I have heard of this book and it seems very interesting. It is based on a creative concept.

I really like the idea that it seems to advocate therapy but indicates that some approaches and people are not as effective as others. OIt is a complex world out there. I can imagine someone giving up very easily if one course of treatment does not work.

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