I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about OCD through the eyes of someone who lived it. Colas became very good at hiding her feelings and behaviors from parents, partners, friends, children and even her husband for a very long time Her husband became a food checker, tester, and investigator of server's personal hygiene methods whenever they ventured out of the house for a meal.Īfter reading this book, my eyes are opened to the fact that things are not always as they seem. The humor is dark in that Colas has the ability to look at herself frankly and laugh, in hindsight, at situations that were not very funny when they originally occurred.Ĭolas daily rituals in early adulthood included a preoccupation with blood and being exposed to germ infestation.
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#JUST CHECKING BY EMILY COLAS SERIES#
Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive, a book by Emily Colas. Just Checking Emily Colas In a series of brief, moving vignettes, the author describes her daily life with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with honesty and humor, reflecting on her colorful family and friends and her deep relationship with her husband. Just Checking Limited, a home activity monitoring services company. A shocking, hilarious, enormously appealing account of a young woman struggling to gain control of her life, this is Emily Colas' expos? of a soul tormented, but balanced by a buoyance of spirit and a piercing sense of humor that may be her saving grace.Īs a first time author, Emily Colas does a wonderful job describing her life from early childhood through present day in a compilation of short, touching and often humorous vignettes. CheeriosJust Checking, a Cheerios commercial. By the time she faced the fact that she was really losing it, Colas had become a slave to her own hobbies - from the daily hair cutting to incessant inspections of her children's clothing for bloodstains. Soon there was no interval in her life when she was not just checking This raw, darkly comic series of astonishing vignettes is Emily Colas' achingly honest chronicle of her twisted journey through the obsessive-compulsive disorder that came to dominate her world. Having a normal relationship with her husband. Emily Colas - young, intelligent, well-educated wife and mother of two - had a secret that was getting in the way of certain activities.
Īs my friend the heroin addict says, You're only as sick as your secrets. Soon there was no interval in her life when she was not just checking This raw, darkly comic series of astonishing vignettes is Emily Colas' achingly honest chronicle of. Just Checking In a series of brief, moving vignettes, the author describes her daily life with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with honesty and humor, reflecting on her colorful family and friends and her deep relationship with her husband. Having a normal relationship with her husband. The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real life problems. As my friend the heroin addict says, You're only as sick as your secrets.
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