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Title: Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior : A Four-Step Self-Treatment Method to Change Your Brain Chemistry by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Beverly Beyette ISBN: 0-06-098711-1 Publisher: ReganBooks Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Word's and methods to live by
Comment: Dr. Schwartz has put alot of time, research and practical experience onto the pages of this book. I feel that if you THINK you might have OCD, or just want to be educated about OCD this book is a must to have. The four steps along with a good program of Therapy and Med's can help a person live and cope with a biological condition that is part of you and your everyday life. From my personal perspective as someone who has changed his life for the better, wellbeing goes hand in hand with the learning experience and practical methods gained by following the Four steps. I am grateful to Dr. Schwartz. You can learn to live with OCD.
Rating: 5
Summary: Effective (and portable) OCD therapy
Comment: This audiocassette saved my life! Well, sort of. Three years ago I experienced an especially painful & stressful bout with Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (OCD). A loved one gave me the "Brain Lock" audio book, and helped put me on the road to recovery.
The authors have developed a simple yet ingenious "four step" routine to perform when obsessions or compulsions strike. First, recognize that the thoughts are OCD; second, re-attribute the thoughts to false impulses generated by the brain; third, refocus your behavior on any mildly productive activity; fourth, revalue OCD thoughts as "waste product" of the mind. Each of the four steps is discussed in detail, with just enough scientific background given to educate (without confusing) the listener. The routine sounds simple, but does take a while to master; it helps to listen to the tape two or three times through to reinforce the method.
Dr. Schwartz reads the book with a compassionate tone, and delivers the content in a personal and effective manner. (I also recommend the original book, which expands upon the content presented in the audio book).
OCD is serious business; I wouldn't recommend this tape as an alternative to professional treatment. But as a supplement to therapy, "Brain Lock" is invaluable.
Rating: 2
Summary: Very bad
Comment: Basically, for all practical purposes this book is worthless. But for inspiration and stories, it's not too bad. I have OCD (checking), and I've already tried the same suggestions the book offers before I even bought it. And as you might have guessed, they don't work. It tells you, in four steps, to simply tell yourself it's just OCD when you feel a obsession coming on, to think about how OCD works, distract yourself with another task and then go over in your head how stupid OCD is.
If you have OCD and are reading this, you've probably already come to the conclusion that this these steps won't work. We've tried telling ourselves hundreds of times -- as we've done them -- that our obsessiveness and compulsions are just medical conditions. We've tried to understand how OCD works, and we've tried to distract ourselves. What the author doesn't understand is that you can't just STOP giving into these obsessions and in turn performing a compulsion. It doesn't work that way. It NEVER works that way. In any case, doing what the author instructs will only make it worse. All you'd be doing is what you've been doing all along, and if that hasn't been working, this won't. But don't fret: If you have OCD, and are reading this, there is a way out. Basically, you fight fire with fire. Like any personality disorder or addiction, OCD was something that gradually got worse and worse until it was at the state that it's in. Therefore, you have to gradually act on your obsessions less and less. Telling yourself to only check or clean a few times is pretty easy and only takes a little bit of willpower compared to the seemingly impossible task of not doing it at all, which takes the bravery of a knight in shining armor, gleaming sword and all. And it works, too. It's amazing! I figured this out a couple of days ago and it's working already. I check something a few times, and then just walk away. I can tell my disorder is going away, too, because it's trying to take the form of another form of OCD: fear of hurting other people. But anyone who's had OCD and ocassionaly defeats a compulsion knows that another takes its place and with just a little willpower they can resist it.
In conclusion, buy this book only if you want some inspiration or are doing research on OCD for a class or something. If not, and you just want to plain old get rid of it, just take my advice.
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Title: The Ocd Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Bruce M. Hyman Ph.D., Cherry Pedrick R.N. ISBN: 1572241691 Publisher: New Harbinger Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition) by Edna B. Foa, Reid Wilson, Robert R. Wilson ISBN: 0553381172 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Ian Osborn ISBN: 0440508479 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 13 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Sharon Begley ISBN: 0060393556 Publisher: ReganBooks Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Lee Baer Ph.D. ISBN: 0452281776 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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