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Man Who Couldn't Stop OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought

David Adam

Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building, or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this captivating fusion of science, history and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind, and how they drive millions of us...

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Allegra read the book and became worried that she would develop the same mental compulsions it described, which led to a panicinduced meltdown after only four pages.

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I remember reading The Man Who Couldn't Stop. I don't know if you've read that. No. It's a book about OCD. He was afraid that he was going to get HIV AIDS and he had all of these different kinds of me...

— Episode: Alegra Kastens (OCD Specialist)

Episode: Alegra Kastens (OCD Specialist)

Allegra read the book and became worried that she would develop the same mental compulsions it described, which led to a panicinduced meltdown after only four pages.

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I remember reading The Man Who Couldn't Stop. I don't know if you've read that. No. It's a book about OCD. He was afraid that he was going to get HIV AIDS and he had all of these different kinds of mental compulsions. I started reading that and then I worried that I was going to have that mental compulsion. And then I had like a meltdown in the Target parking lot after reading four pages of that book.

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