Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions
- ISBN13: 9780553381177
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Newly Revised and Updated!
Are you tormented by extremely distressing thoughts or persistent worries?
Compelled to wash your hands repeatedly?
Driven to repeat or check certain numbers, words, or actions?
If you or someone you love suffers from these symptoms, you may be one of the millions of Americans who suffer from some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD.
Once considered almost untreatable, OCD is now known to be a highly treatable disorder using behavior therapy. In this newly revised edition of Stop Obsessing! Drs. Foa and Wilson, internationally renowned authorities on the treatment of anxiety disorders, share their scientifically based and clinically proven self-help program that has already allowed thousands of men and women with OCD to enjoy a life free from excessive worries and rituals.
You will discover:
• Step-by-step programs for both mild and severe cases of OCD
• The most effective ways to help you let go of your obsessions and gain control over your compulsions
• New charts and fill-in guides to track progress and make exercises easier
• Questionnaires for self-evaluation and in-depth understanding of your symptoms
• Expert guidance for finding the best professional help
• The latest information about medications prescribed for OCD
Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions
June 19th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
I have OCD and didn’t understand what I had or how to treat it. I was treated with medication for 5 years and had to go off it because of liver problems all the while not understanding the kind of OCD I have. I had a relapse about 10 months later and really struggled for answers. I discovered the self help books here at amazon and found this book. I am a pure obsessive and ritual thinker and never scored high on any OCD test. This book helped me understand what I have, how to treat it, and has specific suggestions on developing a CBT program that works for me. It has been such a great help to me I can’t begin to tell you. I really recommend this book to all OCD suffers but especially to you pure obsessives as there is not much out there for us. I read three books and this was by far the best.
Rating: 5 / 5
June 19th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I had never allowed myself to seriously think that I had OCD, I was just a little quirky, I thought. What I had was a mild range of compulsions that relieved my anxiety – counting (silently)by twos to twenty, constantly rechecking to see if I’d locked the house, the car, turned off my headlights, feeling obligated to read anything that even slightly interested me (and most things did, because what if there was something in that particular book that I needed to know?), mentally repeating words I’d hear, and all the while I’d think something wrong here. Well, anyway, among the solutions I’ve found have been in this book. Train yourself to reduce the compulsions (mine distracted me from my real fears), it can be done. There may be not cure but there is effective management.
Rating: 5 / 5
June 20th, 2010 at 2:13 am
This is an excellent book. I think it is the best self-help book on OCD. Luckily my CB therapist does these exact techniques with me in therapy so it’s like this book is a hard-copy of the work I am doing. It’s a great reference manual. Take this book seriously – it will help you if you follow the practices with as much patience and effort as you can. The thing that clicked for me after ready only the first few chapters of this book, is that my thoughts are obsessions! They are exagerrated, irrational, not based on reality! I never before could grasp that concept because I actually believed that my obsessions and suspicions might be real (that I was just missing something) and that somehow my mental compulsions would help me to relieve the tension and anxiety that my obsessive thoughts were causing. It’s amazing… it all literally clicked. These thoughts are obsessions. They are NOT REAL!! Wow.
Rating: 4 / 5
June 20th, 2010 at 2:16 am
After our son was diagnosed with OCD we went from one doctor to another. This book actually gave us strategies we do in our family to help him. He is finally coming around to a more normal way of life and is getting a grip on knowing how to divert his thoughts away from his obessions.
Rating: 5 / 5
June 20th, 2010 at 3:57 am
I’ve read many books on OCD – I’ve been a sufferer since I was a child. This is definitely the best one yet! It offers so much hope: strategies for postponing compulsive actions, quizzes and checklists, etc. I have even tried a few, and they actually worked!! That’s a new one for me. YOu definitely feel as if you can get help from this book. I congratulate the author – she must be an amazing therapist!
Rating: 5 / 5