Erin is playing me an NPR broadcast about OCD. I went looking for the link to include here and tripped over another good NPR segment. This one is an interview with Traci Foust, author of “Nowhere Near Normal: A Memoir of OCD.”
I recently connected with Traci on Facebook and she’s a great resource for understanding the disorder.
Do yourself a favor and listen to it HERE.
While we’re on the topic, it’s also worth checking out “A Life Lived Ridiculously” by Annabelle R. Charbit, about a girl with obsessive compulsive disorder who makes the mistake of falling in love with a sociopath.
Both writings work so well because of how the authors use humor. Of course, my humor falls on the dark side, so take that comment with a grain of salt.
As for that other OCD segment on NPR, here it is. It’s about how art can be used to raise a person’s understanding of the disorder.
Enjoy, and be better for it.
Bill you would spend forever on the beach cleaning your match box cars and packing them away. Now looking back this looks similar. We thought it was funny then, but now I am not so sure.