Passing for Normal : A Memoir of Compulsion
Amy S. Wilensky
221 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0684866390
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Language: English
Publish: August 1, 2000
AutobiographyBiographyComing Of AgeHealthMedicalMemoirMental HealthMental IllnessNonfictionPsychology
Amy Wilensky was 8 years old when she started to suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourettes Syndrome. Her fears and compulsions ranged from an irrational dread of odd numbers, to a love of multiples of six, from denying herself water to needing to touch wood.