Mental Health Bookclub discussion

Hi.
I'm looking for a book that has OCD topic in it. Maybe you can recommend something you have read or heard good things about or want to read? Both nonfiction and fiction suggestions welcome.

I’ve heard Pure by Rose Cartwright is very good. I’m not sure where you are from but it has been made into a tv series in the UK.

Di wrote: "Hi.
I'm looking for a book that has OCD topic in it. Maybe you can recommend something you have read or heard good things about or want to read? Both nonfiction and fiction suggestions welcome."

Hi Di,
I just joined this group and don’t know if my answer will be relevant since your question is over a year old, but here it is anyways:
I can recommend under rose tainted skies. It deals with OCD (contamination), agoraphobia and anxiety/panic attacks. I found the depictions accurate. Other than that I’m currently in the middle of “is Fred in the refrigerator” by Shala Nicely which is about her own story struggling with ocd and overcoming it. I can post about it more once I’ve finished it - if you’re interested. The third book would be “Am I normal yet”... which I had to dnf because it was too triggering for me - it deals with ocd, anxiety, panic attacks. Guess I read It in on a bad day, sometimes I’m okay with reading about mental health sometimes it’s too hard.

Denny wrote: "Di wrote: "Hi.
I'm looking for a book that has OCD topic in it. Maybe you can recommend something you have read or heard good things about or want to read? Both nonfiction and fiction suggestions w..."

Hi.
I'm always looking for recs for bookclub. I had never heard of Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life or Am I Normal Yet? before, added both to our bookclub shelf and they might come up in poll next year. Please take a look at our OCD shelf here to see what else we have heard of and what is missing. Thank you so much!

The mindfulness workbook for OCD, Hershfield
Everyday mindfulness, Hershfield
Overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts, Winston
Needing to know for sure, Seif

Calla wrote: "The mindfulness workbook for OCD, Hershfield
Everyday mindfulness, Hershfield
Overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts, Winston
Needing to know for sure, Seif"

Thank you!

Turtles all the way down for OCD - very representative as the author himself (John Green) has OCD. I've heard Am I Normal Yet? is good but I haven't read it yet. I will very soon though

I recommend The Self compassion workbook for OCD by Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT. She also has a podcast called Your Anxiety Toolkit that helps with OCD and anxiety.

Turtles all the way down by John Green
Every last word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Turtles all the way down, the movie is incredible but can be a triggering watch but it’s the first real representation I have seen! Also breaking free from OCD for a self help book! X

Every Last Word. I read it in highschool and I remember it being wonderful and really sticking with me.

If you would like a different approach of understanding and dealing with fear, anxiety and other mental-emotional problems, I suggest you take a look at Mental Health Puzzle Cracked: Opposing Pathways.

You can find it here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/96nb4egm5p

A bit of the description: "Take 'anxiety' for instance; most have no idea how 'the fear-desire cycle' plays a role in keeping us in a constant state of anxiety or how the funhouse mirror effect distorts our perception, preventing us from realizing that most of the events occurring in real-time are not the source of the pain we feel.

Fear and desire, completely opposing attributes that are intertwined to create a powerful and convincing bond that makes us feel comfortable experiencing fear and its consequences as long as we have the sensations and expectations provided by the act of desiring. However, there is another way..."

Say What You Will

Its more of a romance, but one of the characters has severe OCD