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Alison Dotson is a writer, copyeditor, and proofreader who was diagnosed with OCD at age 26, after suffering from “taboo” obsessions for more than a decade. Today, she still has occasional bad thoughts, but she now knows how to deal with them in healthy ways. She lives in Minnesota with her two dogs, Tuffy and Gracie.

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Catching Up with Erin Venker

I first did a Q&A with Minnesota-based OCD therapist Erin Venker in 2017, the year she started taking clients. Then recently, she got in touch and asked if we could revisit some of her answers because her thinking has evolved over the years. I loved that she wanted to come back and share what she’s learned—it’s so important that therapists are willing to grow.

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Being Me With OCD by Alison Dotson
"CN: diet culture nonsense
Note: I am not the target audience.

I thought the first half of this was really great. I’m struggling to find resources for adults at the library, but there were two books aimed at teens I decided to try. The first I had to DN" Read more of this review »
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" Hi! I’m the author. I hope this isn’t weird to comment on your review, but I just want to say that 2024 me agrees with your criticisms. I wrote this o ...more "
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“Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.” —Publius Syrus”
Alison Dotson, Being Me With OCD: How I Learned to Obsess Less and Live My Life

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