7 best-selling self help books like Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life by Shala Nicely LPC

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Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

By: Shala Nicely LPC

4.46

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

"A masterfully written memoir-meets-educational-meets-inspirational tale that I couldn't put down."…

"Trying to achieve certainty was the domain of fools, and I was no longer the court jester."

-Shala Nicely LPC, Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

"Trying to achieve certainty was the domain of fools, and I was no longer the court jester."

-Shala Nicely LPC, Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

"Trying to achieve certainty was the domain of fools, and I was no longer the court jester."

-Shala Nicely LPC, Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

"I really didn’t want to see a horror flick, even a stupid one. I didn’t need any more fodder for my already gory imagination."

-Shala Nicely LPC, Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

If you liked the self help plot in Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life by Shala Nicely LPC , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World by Serene Jones

1. Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World

By: Serene Jones

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This substantive collection of essays by Serene Jones explores recent works in the field of trauma … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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2. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

By: Elyn R. Saks

4.31

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she's an endowed professor at the prestigious University of … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
"in my experience, the words “now just calm down"

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

"some truths that were too difficult and frightening to know."

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

"The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not"

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

"I needed to put two critical ideas together: that I could both be mentally ill and lead a rich and satisfying life."

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

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3. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

By: Mark Lukach

4.29

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
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4. Rewind Replay Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

By: Jeff Bell

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The revealing story of one man's struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and his hard-won… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
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5. Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts

By: Sally M. Winston , Martin N. Seif

1.00

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

You are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proven-effective cognit… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health

6. I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

By: Jerold J. Kreisman , Hal Straus

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

"AM I LOSING MY MIND?" People with Borderline Personality Disorder experience such violent and frig… read more

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7. Obsessed: : A Memoir of My Life with OCD

By: None

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder--and brings read… read more

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8. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist

By: Dorothy Day , Daniel Berrigan

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, "The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Soci… read more

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9. The Man Who Couldn't Stop

By: David Adam

5.00

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building, or steer your car into oncoming traf… read more

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10. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

By: Stephanie Foo

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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11. The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

By: Mary-Frances O'Connor

4.19

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
"In humans as well, it is because your loved one existed that certain neurons fire together and certain proteins are folded in your brain in particular ways. It is because your loved one lived, and be…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

"Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve, and grieving necessitates learning to live in the world with the absence of someone you love deeply, who is ingrained in your unde…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

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12. Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

By: Renee Hartman

4.01

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn ever… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

By: Andrew Leland

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more

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  • medical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"

-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

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14. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult

By: Michelle Dowd

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • biography
  • memoir
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15. Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

By: Lily Bailey

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Written with the indelible power of Girl, Interrupted, Brain on Fire, and Reasons to Stay Alive, a … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
"For as long as I could remember, I wasn't me, I was me."

-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

"I suppose I should be thankful that if I have to go mad, at least I get to do it in a fashionable, aristocratic way."

-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

"I’d love to learn everything all over again, but learn it right this time. I’d love to return my brain to factory settings."

-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

"Two of us sat side by side in my head, woven together, inseparable. She didn't even have a name; she was just She. Really, it was hard to say where She ended and I began. But food was not shared with…"

-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

Cover of Needing to Know for Sure: A CBT-Based Guide to Overcoming Compulsive Checking and Reassurance Seeking by Martin N. Seif

16. Needing to Know for Sure: A CBT-Based Guide to Overcoming Compulsive Checking and Reassurance Seeking

By: Martin N. Seif

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Powerful skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you break free from the fear of… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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17. Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

By: Shala Nicely LPC

4.46

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

"A masterfully written memoir-meets-educational-meets-inspirational tale that I couldn't put down."… read more

Similar categories in Shala Nicely LPC's Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life book and Shala Nicely LPC's Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • self help
"Trying to achieve certainty was the domain of fools, and I was no longer the court jester."

-Shala Nicely LPC, Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

"I really didn’t want to see a horror flick, even a stupid one. I didn’t need any more fodder for my already gory imagination."

-Shala Nicely LPC, Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

"I wanted to be a normal teenager who talked with her best friend about normal things like friends and boys and school. But the pas de deux was always there, reminding me that my pretense was just tha…"

-Shala Nicely LPC, Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life

Cover of Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words  Pictures by Jason Adam Katzenstein

18. Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words Pictures

By: Jason Adam Katzenstein

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker cartoonist illustrates his lifelong struggle with OCD in cartoon vignettes frank and f… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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19. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Freedom From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program For Living With Uncertainty by Jonathan Grayson

20. Freedom From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program For Living With Uncertainty

By: Jonathan Grayson

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Draws on the author's work at the Philadelphia Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center to discuss … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
Cover of "Pure O" OCD: Letting Go of Obsessive Thoughts with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Chad Lejeune

21. "Pure O" OCD: Letting Go of Obsessive Thoughts with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

By: Chad Lejeune

4.38

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Let go of the struggle and obsess less. With this unique guide, you’ll find the tools you need to g… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health

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Serene Jones

4.18

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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

Elyn R. Saks

4.31

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My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

Mark Lukach

4.29

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4.17

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Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

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Catherine Gildiner

4.46

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Meg Kissinger

4.28

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Sloane Crosley

3.91

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