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Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
by Lily Bailey
*no ratings for memoirs; cw: intrusive thoughts (if you struggle with ocd and are easily trigged/perceptive to/by intrusive thoughts plz proceed with caution I had to take breaks in between because I found myself ruminating over her intrusive thoughts as if they were mine!*)
As someone who got diagnosed with OCD just this year after years of battling terrible intrusive thoughts, this book was comforting in a weird way. The topics are obviously brutal, but it was comforting to know that I wasn't alone and that I wasn't a horrible human being just because I was struggling with this. Although Bailey and I suffer with different thoughts, I found myself relating to her in multiple ways. I think this is an important read to see a different perspective of ocd that isn't always talked about in popular media.
As someone who got diagnosed with OCD just this year after years of battling terrible intrusive thoughts, this book was comforting in a weird way. The topics are obviously brutal, but it was comforting to know that I wasn't alone and that I wasn't a horrible human being just because I was struggling with this. Although Bailey and I suffer with different thoughts, I found myself relating to her in multiple ways. I think this is an important read to see a different perspective of ocd that isn't always talked about in popular media.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Suicide, Suicide attempt