Compulsive Behaviour category: 422 books
Stolen Child
A Mother's Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
A year in the desperate life of a boy transformed by OCD from a bright ten-year-old into a stranger in his own skin.
Although Laurie Gough was an intrepid traveller who had explored wild, far-off reaches of the globe, the journey she and her family took in their own home in their small Quebec...
by Gherin Krieg
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
“The book gives readers a front row seat to watch the turmoil of the author’s life and mind. that itself is a triumph of honesty, openness, and self-awareness. The author’s voice is very relatable to readers who also struggle with OCD and anxiety.” Judge, Writer's Digest Self-Published e-book...
Nowhere Near Normal
A Memoir of OCD
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
In the bestselling tradition of Augusten Burroughs, a compassionate, witty, and completely candid memoir that chronicles growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
When all the neighborhood kids were playing outdoors, seven-year-old Traci Foust was inside making sure the miniature Catholic...
by Ali Greymond
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Ali Greymond recovered from obsessive compulsive disorder using this method and has helped people all over the world recover from OCD as well.
To begin your recovery, you need to fully understand the “mechanics” of OCD. This book will explain what you need to do to start feeling better....
by Peter Brown Hoffmeister
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
A powerful memoir “about a difficult childhood . . . tough stuff, honest and real” (The Oregonian).
Peter Hoffmeister was a nervous child who ran away repeatedly and bit his fingernails until they bled. Home-schooled until the age of fourteen, he had only to deal with his parents and siblings...
Touch and Go Joe
An Adolescent's Experience of OCD
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Part of the Reading Well scheme. 35 books selected by young people and health professionals to provide young people with high-quality support, information and advice about common mental health issues and related conditions. As many as 2 in every 100 people suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder...
by Cynthia Cossu
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
This book was designed to help parents of children diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. As someone who has struggled with this illness, I know firsthand what it's like to grow up feeling like something is wrong with you and not know what it is. Hopefully by reading my book you can gain...
The Imp of the Mind
Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2002
A leading expert on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder explores the hidden epidemic that afflicts millions of Americans.
In the first book to fully examine obsessive bad thoughts, Dr. Lee Baer combines the latest research with his own extensive experience in treating this widespread syndrome. Drawing...
Children of Hoarders
How to Minimize Conflict, Reduce the Clutter, and Improve Your Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Growing up with a hoarder can be a confusing, painful, and sometimes dangerous experience. And when it comes to finding help for a hoarder parent, many adult children find themselves taking on the exhausting role of caretaker. As the child of a hoarder, you may be wondering what resources are available...
by Tiziana M.
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Phobia comes from the Greek word for “fear”. It is a
strong, persistent fear of situations, objects, activities, or
persons. The main symptom of this disorder is the
excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject.
When the fear is beyond one’s control or if the fear is
interfering...
by Engin Ozertugrul, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
The author/researcher explores the process of self-healing during his encounters with OCD using a unique self-search method and integral psychology framework. The book contains the unaltered self-dialogue (self-interview) scripts of the doctoral research. The dialogue is designed to capture the sensual...
Skin Picking
The Freedom to Finally Stop
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Free yourself from the destructive cycle of compulsive skin picking
Annette Pasternak, Ph.D., the Stop Skin Picking Coach, teaches you everything you need to know about why you pick your skin and how to break free of this frequently devastating behavior. Step-by-step she leads you through:...
Addiction
What a Cover-up!
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Is there an aspect of your life that is caught in a cycle of persistent, learned behavior that causes you, and maybe the people around you, problems? Anything that is out of control, whether it be smoking, toxic relationships, unhealthy emotions, too much or too little sleep, or working obsessively,...
Cheating OCD Recovery Guide
Overcome Cheating OCD ( Obsessive Compulsive Disorder )
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Cheating OCD is becoming increasingly common. If you are having OCD thoughts about cheating, this book will explain why the thoughts are there and what you can do to make them go away. You do have the power to completely eliminate cheating OCD, but you need to put in the work required to overcome...