and feeling more prepared to fight the "war" against o.c.d.
One of his great sayings throughout the book is this : "It's not me, its o.c.d." A fantastic MUST,MUST,MUST READ.


This book is an OCD bible   January 1, 2003
 32 out of 32 found this review helpful

This book is a god send. A book is based on the authors wondefull work, and he has defied many of the scientists, stuck in the old, tired conventions, by scientifically proving that your mind can change your brain chemistry, if directed properly. The technique which he has developed, and spells out in this book, a god send for OCD sufferers like me, is fantastic.


maybe I have a different population to deal with...   May 4, 2001
 20 out of 27 found this review helpful

...but as a psychiatrist I found this to be not as helpful as billed on the comments above. For those people who are still fairly functional despite their struggles this is an excellent book but for the more severe, it seems to hold nothing much - there seems to be no entry into it all for the badly damaged. But as I said - by the time people get to me they are fairly advanced in their illness. I advise caution.


A real life saver - a truly brilliant book.   September 23, 2000
 30 out of 30 found this review helpful

WHAT A FABULOUS BOOK! This book really has helped me so drastically. I have had OCD symptoms for a good 26 years, and they have been getting progressively worse. Many times I have felt desperate, suicidal and as if I was literally going mad. I tried clinical psychologists and counsellers but they tended to advocate very time consuming and confusing therapies, not to mention the fact that they blamed my OCD on my poor Dad. When I got this book, I was at my wits end. OCD has ruined every aspect of my life. Jeffrey Schwartz's book showed me that (1) OCD is a genuine medical problem, as opposed to something you have only if you're "nuerotic" - which is how some people view me. (2) It accounts for many other personality problems I have that no-one else EVER connected with OCD (which gave me such hope that my whole life can be changed through therapy) and (3) That there is hope and that recovery is indeed something you can do yourself, without being bogged down by ridiculously complex exposure therapy plans. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Just understanding my OCD the way Schwartz explains it has given me great hope and peace - two things I haven't have for a very long time. Thank God for people like Schwartz who have a genuine understanding and compassion for people with OCD, and for the hope his work brings to sufferers. Waste no more time - get this book NOW!


a must have for OCD sufferers   August 7, 1999
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

the comments by the other people who read this book speak for themselves; the only thing I want to add is that apart from it contents the 'form' of the message is good: a lot of repeating, and thus working well in getting the information through to a "thick-ocd-head".