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100 1  Pagacz, Kirsten,|eauthor. 
245 10 Leaving the OCD circus :|byour big ticket out of having to
       control every little thing /|cKirsten Pagacz. 
246 3  Leaving the obsessive-compulsive disorder circus 
264  1 Newburyport, MA :|bConari Press,|c2016. 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    xiv, 245 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-245) 
505 0  Introduction -- A budding relationship -- OCD like a brush
       fire -- Storm of a chaotic mind -- Building toward a 
       crescendo -- Getting to know you -- Dancing shoes -- 
       Finding nutrients -- My life with Chimpsay -- Habits of 
       happiness. 
520    ""It's like the meanest, wildest monkey running around my 
       head, constantly looking for ways to bite me." That was 
       how Kirsten Pagacz described her OCD to her therapist on 
       their first session when she was well into her 30s--she'd 
       been following orders from this mean taskmaster for 20 
       years, without understanding why. Initially the tapping 
       and counting and cleaning and ordering brought her comfort
       and structure, two things lacking in her family life. But 
       it never lasted; the loathsome self-talk only intensified,
       and the rituals she had to perform got more bizarre. By 
       high school she was anorexic and a substance abuser--
       common "shadow syndromes" of OCD. By adulthood, she could 
       barely hide her problems and held on to jobs and friends 
       through sheer grit. Help finally came in the form of a 
       miraculously well-timed public service announcement on NPR
       about OCD--at last her illness had an identity. Leaving 
       the OCD Circus reveals the story of Pagacz's traumatic 
       childhood and the escalation of her disease--demonstrating
       how OCD works to misshape a life from a very young age--
       and explains the various tools she used for healing 
       including meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy, yoga, 
       exposure therapy, and medication. Pieces of her art 
       scattered throughout the book add depth and humor to her 
       stories."--|cProvided by publisher. 
520    Initially the tapping and counting and cleaning and 
       ordering brought Pagacz comfort and structure, two things 
       lacking in her family life. But it never lasted and the 
       rituals she had to perform got more bizarre. By high 
       school she was anorexic and a substance abuser. Here she 
       reveals the story of her traumatic childhood and the 
       escalation of her disease, demonstrating how OCD works to 
       misshape a life from a very young age. Pagacz explains the
       various tools she used for healing including meditation, 
       cognitive behavioral therapy, yoga, exposure therapy, and 
       medication. 
650  0 Obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
650  0 Obsessive-compulsive disorder|xTreatment. 
650  7 Obsessive-compulsive disorder.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01042960 
650  7 Obsessive-compulsive disorder|xTreatment.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01042966 
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