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Rewire Your OCD Brain

Powerful Neuroscience-Based Skills to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears

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Rewire Your OCD Brain

By: Catherine M. Pittman PhD, William H. Youngs PhD
Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
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Rewire the brain processes that cause obsessions and compulsions - and take back your life!

If you've ever wondered why you seem to get trapped in an endless cycle of obsessive, compulsive thoughts, you don't have to wonder anymore. Grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience and evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Rewire Your OCD Brain will show you how and why your brain gets stuck in a loop of obsessive thinking, uncertainty, and worry; and offers the tools you need to short-circuit this response and get your symptoms under control-for good.

Written by clinical psychologist Catherine Pittman and clinical neuropsychologist William Youngs, this groundbreaking book will show how neurological functions in your brain lead to obsessions, compulsions, and anxiety. You'll also find tons of proven-effective coping strategies to help you manage your worst symptoms.

The brain is powerful, and the more you work to change the way you respond to obsessive thoughts, the more resilient you'll become. If you're ready to rewire the brain processes that lie at the root of your obsessive thoughts, this book has everything you need to get started today.

©2021 Catherine M. Pittman, PhD and William H. Youngs, PhD (P)2021 Tantor Anxiety Disorders Biological Sciences Compulsive Disorders Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science Health Human Brain Emotionally Gripping Obsessive Compulsive Thoughts
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I found the book explained things very well and was well structured. Don't be tempted to skip through - there's little insights throughout that may help you!

well structured

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I like this book and recommend it. I'm so glad I listened to a sample and didn't just pay attention to the reviewers who disliked the narrator. I thought she was perfectly acceptable given that this is a factual and in places technical book, not a Harry Potter novel (which I also recommend very highly, don't get me wrong). I agree that the content can be a little repetitive but think that, although irritating to some, it could be intentional in order to highlight the important stuff in a way that readers/listeners at all levels could understand. I wish I had known about this book before retirement from working as a GP, I think combined with CBT that it recommends, it would be likely to significantly increase the chance of successful treatment of OCD.

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As someone who’s been hospitalized for OCD - I read this book and was ANGRY that ALL my therapists before never remotely discussed 80% of the life changing facts I found out. Changed the way I look at my intrusive thoughts AND has helped me rationalize and understand the situation when my body reacts to them! Have recommended to every person I know with OCD!

Best book on OCD

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Why don't Neurologists focus on the hardware, where they owe much of science, instead of software where their analyses sound ridiculous?

Shallow

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The book itself seems okay.

A bit heavy on the science and not the best written, for those who are already struggling with their mental health, but it explains how compulsions or rumination are a coping mechanism for anxiety, which I can get on board with.

I’m half way through and will probably end it here, as the narration is simply abysmal. It’s like listening to Alexa read it, and with the repetitive nature of the writing, it becomes stale very fast.

In a nutshell, this explains the fight/flight/freeze response, which you’re probably already well aware of (if you’ve done any self-research). The solution is to tolerate the uncomfortable feelings you have, and understand that feelings aren’t reality.

It goes into deep breathing and muscle relaxation techniques, which have been explained to death in most self help books already.

I’m just glad I didn’t pay for this (it’s within the Audible membership library), as I’d be asking for a credit back.

Unbearable to listen to

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