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Touch and Go Joe of relatedinterest WashingMyLifeAway SurvivingObsessive-CompulsiveDisorder RuthDeane ISBN1843103338 FromThoughtstoObsessions ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorderinChildren andAdolescents PerHoveThomsen ISBN1853027219 KidsintheSyndromeMixofADHD,LD, Asperger’s,Tourette’s,Bipolar,andMore! Theonestopguideforparents,teachers,andother professionals MartinL.KutscherMD,withcontributionsfromTonyAttwoodPhD andRobertR.Wolff MD ISBN1843108100hb ISBN1843108119pb CagedinChaos ADyspraxicGuidetoBreakingFree VictoriaBiggs ISBN1843103478 Freaks,GeeksandAspergerSyndrome AUserGuidetoAdolescence LukeJackson ISBN1843100983 ADDandMe FortyYearsinaFog KenPatterson ISBN1843107775 ThePitsandthePendulum ALifewithBipolarDisorder BrianAdams ISBN1843101041 Tictionary AReferenceGuidetotheWorldofTouretteSyndrome,AS,ADHDand ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorderforParentsandProfessionals BeckyOttinger ForewordbyFredC.Engh ISBN1931282161 Touch and Go Joe An Adolescent’s Experience of OCD Joe Wells Illustrated by Joe Wells Foreword by Isobel Heyman Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia JessicaKingsleyPublishers 116PentonvilleRoad LondonN19JB,UK and 400MarketStreet,Suite400 Philadelphia,PA19106,USA www.jkp.com Copyright©JoeWells2006 Illustrationscopyright©JoeWells2006 Forewordcopyright©IsobelHeyman2006 Appendix1copyright©AlisonWallis2006 TherightofJoeWellstobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedbyhimin accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanymaterialform (includingphotocopyingorstoringitinanymediumbyelectronicmeansandwhetheror nottransientlyorincidentallytosomeotheruseofthispublication)withoutthewritten permissionofthecopyrightownerexceptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedbythe CopyrightLicensingAgencyLtd,90TottenhamCourtRoad,London,EnglandW1T4LP. Applicationsforthecopyrightowner’swrittenpermissiontoreproduceanypartofthis publicationshouldbeaddressedtothepublisher. Warning:Thedoingofanunauthorisedactinrelationtoacopyrightworkmayresultin bothacivilclaimfordamagesandcriminalprosecution. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Wells,Joe,1989- TouchandgoJoe:anadolescent'sexperiencesofOCD/JoeWells.--1stpbk.ed. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-13:978-1-84310-391-2(pbk.:alk.paper) ISBN-10:1-84310-391-5(pbk.:alk.paper)1.Wells,Joe,1989-2.Obsessivecompul- sivedisorder.3. Compulsivebehavior. I.Title. RC533.W452006 616.85'227--dc22 2005035983 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN13:9781843103912 ISBN10:1843103915 ISBNpdfeBook:1846424895 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby AthenaeumPress,Gateshead,TyneandWear Contents ForewordbyIsobelHeyman 7 Acknowledgements 9 What'sThisBookAbout? 11 Chapter 1. Worrying 13 Chapter 2. Poisoning of the Mind 18 Chapter 3. Only Human 22 Chapter 4. Guilty Mind 31 Chapter 5. AmI Going Mad? 36 Chapter 6. Learning to Count 41 Chapter 7. Keeping My Secret 45 Chapter 8. Learning to Walk the Walk 49 Chapter 9. OCDAbroad 52 Chapter 10. Getting Help 60 Chapter 11. Convincing Myself of OCD’s Irrationality 68 Chapter 12. Challenging 72 Chapter 13. Depression and OCD 78 Chapter 14. Citalopram 83 Chapter 15. The Awful Truth 94 Chapter 16. Getting On With It 99 Epilogue. The 30(cid:1)20 Diary 105 Appendix1. DefinitionofOCDandCBT 110 Appendix2. OCDTipsandAdvice 114 FurtherInformation 121 Index 125 For Mum Foreword IfeelasifIhavebeenwaitingforthisbook.Childrenandteenagers with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have been asking for thisbookforyears.‘Youarenotalone’isamessageyoungpeople withOCDmostneedtohear.Parents,doctors,therapistsmaysay this,butateenagerwithOCDwillreallybelieveitwhentheyhear itfromanotherteenagerwithOCD.JoeWellshaswrittenhisown verypersonalaccountofhisstrugglewith,andrecoveryfromOCD, but incorporates all of the important messages for any young personcopingwiththisillness. Ateenagerreadingthisbook,whofeelstheyaretheonlyone dealing with unwelcome, distressing, repetitive thoughts (obses- sions)andannoying,time-consuming,repetitivebehaviours(com- pulsions), will learn that these are the characteristic symptoms of OCD.Theywillalsolearn,fromJoe’saccount,howOCDcancreep up on you, symptoms gradually appearing over months or years. ThechildwithOCDoftenfeelsconfused,ashamedandsecretive, soevenclosefamilymembersmaytakeawhiletobeawareofthe problem,asinJoe’scase.Abooklikethismaybejustwhatayoung person with OCD needs, to feel able to confide in someone, and begintogetthehelptheyneedtorecover. EspeciallyhelpfulisJoe’saccountofhowOCDsymptomsneed not include the familiar rituals of handwashing, or checking, but can include more hidden, but equally distressing, rituals such as counting,orrepeating.OtheraspectsofOCD–intrusivereligious, sexual or agressive thoughts – are often hightly distressing to a 7 8 TOUCH AND GO JOE teenager,yetallareidentifiedasbeingwell-recognisedsymptoms ofOCD.Anyteenagerreadingthissectionwillfeelhugelyrelieved to know thatthesethoughtsare common in OCD, and not some strangemanifestationof theirowncondition. JoeemphasisesthatOCDisnotjustannoying,itcaninterfere with many of the pleasurable aspects of life. He explains how it affected his enjoyment of holidays or ability to see his friends, themesfamiliar to most teenagers with OCD. One of theaims of this book is to help increase awareness and recognition of OCD. Joe gives a moving account of the frustrations he and his family experienced trying to get the correct diagnosis. Perhaps if such a book had existed when Joe first needed to see a doctor, the symptomsofOCDwouldhavebeenrecognisedearlier!Thisbook willbeavaluableresourceforyoungpeoplewithOCDandtheir families, as well as teachers and other people who work closely withchildren.Healthprofessionals,eventhosefamiliarwithOCD, willbeenlightenedandmovedbythispersonalaccount. Joe’s account, whilst highlighting some of the fear, exaspera- tionanddistressheexperienced,alsoemphasiseshowrecoveryis possible. There are clear accounts of the effective treatments. Talkingtherapiesareoftenperceivedasmysteriousandsecret,but Joeopensupthetherapyroomandexplainsjusthowpracticaland sensible good cognitive behaviour therapy should be. He also dispelsmanyofthemythsandworriesassociatedwithmedication for OCD, describing how drugs used carefully, with monitoring, canreallyhelptherecoveryprocessforsomepeople. Perhaps most importantly, Joe emphasises that OCD should never be allowed to take over. Anybody with OCD is still them- selves,andevenwhilstintheprocessofrecovery,itisimportantto ‘get on with life’. So for Joe it is certainly no longer Touch and Go….itisGoJoeGo!… …andthatishismessageforeveryonecopingwithOCD. DrIsobelHeyman ConsultantPsychiatristNational&SpecialistService forYoungPeoplewithOCD,MaudsleyHospital,London Acknowledgements Thanks to my family who were a massive help to me throughout the courseofOCDandextrathankstomymum,withoutwhomIcouldnever havegotthisbookinprint:thankyoufornaggingmetokeeponwriting andfornegotiatingthemoreboringaspectsofgettingabookpublished. ToAlisonWalliswhoalsohelpedmethroughOCD.Tomyrockandroll idolswhosemusicwillalwayskeepmyspiritshigh.ToStephenJonesfor taking the time to read my proposal and helping me to get this book throughtopublication.ToSallyFlynnforproofreadingatshortnotice.To allmyfriends,toomanytoname,butyouknowwhoyouare:IknowIcan alwaysrelyonyouforhelpandsupport.AndfinallytoOCD:thejoke’s onyou,asintheendyouonlymademestronger. I would also like to thank everyone who gave their permission in orderforthequotestobeusedinthisbook. Extract from Owl Babies written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by PatrickBenson.Text©1992MartinWaddell.Reproducedbypermission ofWalkerBooksLtd,London. Extract from Worried Arthur by Joan Stimson, copyright © Ladybird BooksLtd1994,reproducedbypermissionofLadybirdBooksLtd. ‘Count To Six And Die’ © 2002 Chrysalis Music Inc Lyrics used by permission ‘CountToSixAnd Die’Words and MusicbyBrianWarner andJohnLowery©2000,SongsOfGolgotha/EMIBlackwoodMusic Inc/GuitarHackMusic,USA.ReproducedbypermissionofEMIMusic Publishing Ltd, London WC2H 0QY (EMI control 50% on behalf of BrianWarner). Extractfrom101ExperimentsinthePhilosophyof EverydayLifewrittenby RogerPol-Droit,reproducedbypermissionof FaberandFaberLtd. ‘Wind UpToy’LyricsbyAlice Cooper,VicPepe,BobPfeiferand Jack Ponti©1991LittleElvisMusic,FifemanInc,EzraMusicCorpandJack PontiMusic,USA.(20%)Warner/ChappellNorthAmerica,LondonW6 8BS.ReproducedbypermissionofInternationalMusicPublicationsLtd. AllRightsReserved.WordsandmusicbyAliceCooperandBobPfeifer© 9

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'I feel as if I have been waiting for this book. Children and teenagers with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have been asking for this book for years.' - from the foreword by Isobel Heyman. One in every 100 people suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and 16-year-old Joe Wells is one
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