Brain Lock
Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
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4.4 • 48 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The definitive classic that has helped more than 400,000 people defeat obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author
An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return.
In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain.
Using the real-life stories of actual patients, Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method and provides readers with the inspiration and tools to free themselves from their psychic prisons and regain control of their lives.
Customer Reviews
Effective and Truly Profound!!
I first discovered this book in 2019, but due to my OCD and lack of efforts, I only read the first 30% if the book, and due to my lack of mental power and mindful awareness back then, despite finding it initially effective, I failed at persisting through.
Now in the summer of 2024, I read this book again, with a trained habit of putting in daily effort, and a tougher and stronger mind from starting and running my business since 2020 July, I successfully persist in reading and finish it this time. And with clarity of mind and mindful awareness, I put everything in practice and now I’ve made tremendous progress in dealing with COD and conquer it. No medication is needed, and I also resonate with many extreme behaviors of severe cases of OCD examined in this book. It’s good to know this is something not just for me, but can be dealt with with efforts alone.
This is truly a remarkable reading experience, and I am starting a new chapter of life, when I take more and more and eventually full rein of my life, and take OCD off my daily life, so I can finally elevate my productivity to the level that I deserve, Elevating myself out of OCD is more useful than reading 10 more business books! Thanks for the book!!
OCD
Very helpful!!!!!