The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the true story of a life lost in thought - Softcover

Adam, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447277686 ISBN 13: 9781447277682

Verlag: Picador, 2015

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The Sunday Times bestseller.

‘A fascinating study of the living nightmare that is obsessive compulsive disorder' - Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library

Have you ever stood at the edge of a tall building and felt the terrifying urge to jump? Or caught yourself imagining swerving into oncoming traffic for no reason at all? You’re not broken ― and you’re not alone.

In The Man Who Couldn't Stop, writer and journalist David Adam takes us on a gripping journey into the darkest corners of the mind. Blending science, history and raw personal experience, this extraordinary book explores the hidden thoughts we all have but rarely admit.

With unflinching honesty and unfaltering humour, Adam reveals what it’s like to live with OCD ― a condition he has battled for over two decades. From a schoolgirl driven to eat a wall of her house, piece by piece, to two brothers who are buried alive by the things they’ve hoarded, he asks: when does a fleeting thought become a trap we can’t escape from?

‘I urge anyone to buy it. It will make you think again’ - Sunday Times
‘Just buy it now’ - Adam Rutherford, author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
‘Superb’ - The Times
‘Brave, funny and illuminating’ - Guardian

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Dr David Adam is an award-winning journalist who covers science, environment, technology, medicine and the impact they have on people, culture and society. In 2019, after nearly two decades as a staff writer and editor at Nature and The Guardian, David set up as a freelancer. The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his first book.

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'[A] fascinating study of the living nightmare that is obsessive compulsive disorder' Matt Haig, Observer
Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building, or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. Writer David Adam has suffered from OCD for twenty years and in this captivating fusion of science, history and personal memoir, he explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind, and how they drive millions of us towards obsessions and compulsions.
Told with fierce clarity, humour and urgent lyricism, this extraordinary book is both the haunting story of a personal nightmare and a fascinating doorway into the darkest corners of our minds.
'Adam recounts his journey with humour and detachment' Literary Review
'A brave and helpful contribution to deepening our understanding of the intricate complexities of mental ill-health' The Times
'A captivating first-person account' BBC Focus

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Picador
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1447277686
• ISBN 13: 9781447277682
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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