Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition)

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Summary: If my sister is any indication, this book can help you.
Review: On the advise of my sister, I am purchaing this book today. You may ask yourself, how can I rate this book 5-star if I have not read it yet. Well, my sister has on the advice of her therapist. With the help of her therapist and working through the exericses in this book, she has overcome most of her obsessions (in under 1 year). Personally, I cannot wait to dive in. I am looking forward to the freedom away from my obsessions and compulsions. The biggest one is germs, followed by a range of other "quirks". Good Luck to you all. OCD can be beaten!

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Summary: Stop Obsessing by Foa and Wilson
Review: The book describes a host of obsessive/compulsive behaviors together with strategies to overcome them. For instance,
washers tend to clean their hands multiple times, take many
showers and repeat actions obsessively or due to shear habit.
Repeaters tend to repeat actions compulsively until they are
performed perfectly or to the perceived satisfaction of
the person with "a repeater" behavioral trait. Hoarders tend
to gather "things" out of a fear of discarding something
valuable. The hoarder may keep every possession ever owned
for fear of throwing out a single valuable thing. Hoarders
never consider the opportunity cost of space. As a self-help book, the authors identify classic situations that trigger these
unhealthy behaviors. Once identified, specific strategies are
provided to combat the undesired behaviors/behavioral traits.
A strength of this book is that it helps you to conquer a host
of unhealthy demons which trigger neurotic retaliatory
responses. The authors encourage readers to act contrary to
these destructive proclivities every time they surface.
The book is worth the price charged-many times over.
The issues addressed are rarely talked about or admitted to
during the conduct of public discourse. This book provides
readers with a private forum to discover their eccentric
behaviors without the penalty of public chastisement or
derision. The book is recommended highly for this purpose
alone.