Puzzled
Author: Cooke, Pan
ISBN: 9780593615621
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 30 Jul 2024
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Growing up with undiagnosed OCD sure isnP#8217;t easy, and here Pan Cooke shares his own experiences with that condition in a graphic-novel memoir that is as funny as it is powerfully candid and openhearted.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Growing up with undiagnosed OCD sure isnP#8217;t easy, and here Pan Cooke shares his own experiences with that condition in a graphic-novel memoir that is as funny as it is powerfully candid and openhearted.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pan Cooke is ten years old when anxious thoughts begin to take over his brain like pieces of an impossible puzzle. What if he blurts out a swear word while in church? What if he accidentally writes something mean in his classmateP#8217;s get-well card? What if his friendP#8217;s racy photo of a supermodel ends up in his own homework and is discovered by his teacher? More and more, he becomes hijacked by fears that can only be calmed through exhausting, time-consuming rituals.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pan has no way of knowing that this anxiety puzzle and the stressful attempts to solve it are evidence of a condition called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is his story of living with and eventually learning about OCD. Told with endearing honesty and humor, Plt;iPgt;PuzzledPlt;/iPgt; shows the reader the importance of empathy for oneself and those going through something they donP#8217;t yet understand.
ISBN: 9780593615621
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 30 Jul 2024
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Growing up with undiagnosed OCD sure isnP#8217;t easy, and here Pan Cooke shares his own experiences with that condition in a graphic-novel memoir that is as funny as it is powerfully candid and openhearted.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Growing up with undiagnosed OCD sure isnP#8217;t easy, and here Pan Cooke shares his own experiences with that condition in a graphic-novel memoir that is as funny as it is powerfully candid and openhearted.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pan Cooke is ten years old when anxious thoughts begin to take over his brain like pieces of an impossible puzzle. What if he blurts out a swear word while in church? What if he accidentally writes something mean in his classmateP#8217;s get-well card? What if his friendP#8217;s racy photo of a supermodel ends up in his own homework and is discovered by his teacher? More and more, he becomes hijacked by fears that can only be calmed through exhausting, time-consuming rituals.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pan has no way of knowing that this anxiety puzzle and the stressful attempts to solve it are evidence of a condition called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is his story of living with and eventually learning about OCD. Told with endearing honesty and humor, Plt;iPgt;PuzzledPlt;/iPgt; shows the reader the importance of empathy for oneself and those going through something they donP#8217;t yet understand.
