Table of Contents
Introduction 8
Chapter 1 OCD is 90% Mental and ½ Physical 10
Chapter 2 Believe Me, I Know 13
Chapter 3 I'll Do It ASAP…Tomorrow…Or Hopefully, Never 17
Chapter 4 But Wait, There's More! 20
Chapter 5 The Not-So-Great Depression 23
Chapter 6 Seriously, You're Worried About What? 26
Chapter 7 Life, As It's Been Dealt To Me 28
Chapter 8 It Seemed Like the Right Thing To Do at the Time 33
Chapter 9 She's The Reason I'm Alive Today 39
Chapter 10 Dear OCD, How Can I Miss You If You Never Go Away? 43
Chapter 11 Even the Roman Empire Ended 48
Chapter 12 Going Nowhere Really Fast, and Considering Leaving the Race 52
Chapter 13 Damn! That Didn't Work Either! 58
Chapter 14 Give Me One Good Reason Why You're Sad 61
Chapter 15 I Talked to God and God Said… Nothing Special 63
Chapter 16 There's Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself 67
Chapter 17 There's a Song About That… Or at Least There Should Be 69
Chapter 18 Oh the Guilt…Or it Just Doesn't Matter 71
Chapter 19 One Thing Leads to Another 75
Chapter 20 Madness 78
Chapter 21 Metabooknician? 82
Chapter 22 Try, Try as You Might 84
Chapter 23 Brass Tacks 86
Chapter 24 Junior; The Eldest 90
Chapter 25 All in the Family 94
Chapter 26 The Family Rock 99
Chapter 27 Hey, What Can I Tell You? 103
Chapter 28 In a Nutshell, No Pun Intended 106
Chapter 29 This Is a Problem 109
Epilogue 111
Medical Glossary 113
Appendix 118
OCD Survey 120
Depression Survey 123
Works Cited 128
Author Biography 131
