Battle OCD With Insight and Inspiration Both a book and a heartstopping memoir that provides anxiety relief and gives comfort to those struggling to better understand themselves and their mental health. The tapping and counting and cleaning and ordering brought her comfort and structure two things lacking in Kirsten Pagaczs family life. But it never lasted. The loathsome selftalk only intensified and the rituals she had to perform got more bizarre. By high school she was anorexic and a substance abusercommon shadow syndromes of OCD. By adulthood she could barely hide her problems and held onto jobs and friends through sheer grit. Help finally came in the form of a miraculously welltimed public service announcement on NPR about OCDat last her illness had an identity. Its like the meanest wildest monkey running around my head constantly looking for ways to bite me. That was how Kirsten Pagacz described her OCD to her therapist on their first session when she was well into her 30sshed been following orders from this mean taskmaster for 20 years without understanding why. After finally having the answer and learning how to conquer her OCD Pagacz wants to share her knowledge and insight with you in hopes that you join her in leaving the OCD circus and living a better life. Leaving the OCD Circus reveals the story of Pagaczs traumatic childhood and the escalation of her disorder. Learn how OCD works to misshape a life from a very young age and the various tools she used to deal with and heal her anxiety. Gain insight into The benefits of meditation and yogaCognitive behavioral therapyMedicationExposure therapy If you learned from guides like Anxious for Nothing The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook or The Anxiety and Worry Workbook then youll want to read Leaving the OCD Circus. show more