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This isn’t your average messiness. But this is Ashley Berry’s life.. In Separate Things, Ashley fumbles through life, graying up the parts that are so intensely black and white, while learning that molding herself into this “normal” world isn’t the same as living in it.. Running from a flood of…


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From whatever perspective you read Separate Things, it is a remarkable book. If you too have OCD, as I do, its fierce honesty is both refreshing and agonizing. If you have a friend or relative who suffers from OCD, you may, finally, get a glimpse into the terrifying world they struggle with every day and find greater patience and understanding in your efforts to provide them with help and support. And if you are simply interested in OCD from a psychological or intellectual perspective, here it is, laid out for you from the inside by an insider.

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