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Alison Dotson is a writer, copyeditor, and proofreader who was diagnosed with OCD at age 26, after suffering from “taboo” obsessions for more than a decade. Today, she still has occasional bad thoughts, but she now knows how to deal with them in healthy ways. She lives in Minnesota with her two dogs, Tuffy and Gracie.

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	Being Me With OCD: How I Learned to Obsess Less and Live My Life 3.86 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Catching Up with Erin Venker

I first did a Q&A with Minnesota-based OCD therapist Erin Venker in 2017, the year she started taking clients. Then recently, she got in touch and asked if we could revisit some of her answers because her thinking has evolved over the years. I loved that she wanted to come back and share what she’s learned—it’s so important that therapists are willing to grow.

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“Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.” —Publius Syrus”
― Alison Dotson, Being Me With OCD: How I Learned to Obsess Less and Live My Life

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