Strivings Within is written for the Christian who is afflicted with OCD, as well as for those who love them.
Strivings Within – The OCD Christian: Overcoming Doubt in the Storm of Anxiety
Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
An intimate journey across the psychological landscape of OCD, known as the “doubting disorder,” as populated by God, girls, and apocalyptic nightmares.
Don’t Get Too Excited: It’s Just About a Pair of Shoes and Other Laments From My Life
Jen Epstein’s collection of personal essays dives deep into her world of irrational fears and obsessive-compulsive tendencies.
By His Stripes: Navigating Life with Mental and Physical Suffering
Follow Whitney as she boldly travels through her life of mental and physical suffering, giving an unhindered account of how the OCD mind processes what the world is, what people say, and how society responds to those who live life differently than most.
The House that Held Everything: A Family’s Hidden Hoarding and the Secrets Left Behind
The author inherits the childhood home of a deceased cousin and finds rooms filled wall to wall, floor to ceiling, with piled up items from years of secret hoarding. As she separates significant items from garbage, she peels apart and exposes the emotional underpinnings of hoarding.
Hold on Tight: A Parent’s Journey Raising Children with Mental Illness
Winner of a Mom’s Choice Awards Gold Medal, Jan Stewart describes her raw and emotional journey raising two children with multiple mental health disorders.
How I Thought I Might Kill My Husband
This book explores the complexities of navigating medication withdrawal, adjusting to a new OCD diagnosis, and the challenging reality of hospitalization
Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist’s Tales of Rituals and Obsessions
Elias Aboujaoude, an expert on obsessive compulsive disorder and behavioral addictions, tells stories inspired by memorable patients he has treated, taking us from initial contact through the stages of the doctor-patient relationship.
Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD
An important story, Saving Sammy is part manifesto, part medical mystery, but is at its heart the empowering and inspiring story of a mother’s determination to save her son, take on the medical establishment–and win.
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
David Adam_an editor at Nature and an accomplished science writer_has suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn’t Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences.