Being Me with OCD: How i Learned to Obsess less and Live my Life

by Alison Dotson

Part memoir, part self - help for teens, Being Me with OCD tells the story of how obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) dragged the author to rock bottom - and how she found hope, got help, and eventually climbed back to a fuller, happier life. Using anecdotes, self - reflection, guest essays, and thorough research, Dotson explains what OCD is and how readers with OCD can begin to get better. With humor, specific advice, and an inspiring, been - there - beat - that attitude, readers will find the book simultaneously touching and practical.

316 pages, Paperback

Published April 17, 2015

About the author

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.