{"product_id":"everything-is-an-emergency-an-ocd-story-in-words-pictures","title":"Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words \u0026 Pictures","description":"New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice\n“A brilliant, honest, necessary book that exposes the\nintricacies of the human brain while showing us the way creativity and\nfriendship can anchor us. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered\nif they see the world a little differently.” –Ada Limón\nA New Yorker cartoonist illustrates his lifelong\nstruggle with OCD in cartoon vignettes frank and funny\nJason Adam Katzenstein is just trying to live his life, but he\nkeeps getting sidetracked by his over-active, anxious brain. Mundane events\nlike shaking hands or sharing a drink snowball into absolute catastrophes.\nJason has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a mental illness that compels him to\nperform rituals in order to protect himself from dangers that don’t really\nexist. He checks, washes, over-thinks, rinse, repeat.\nHe does his best to hide his embarrassing compulsions, and\nsometimes this even works. He grows up, worries about his first kiss, falls in\nlove with making cartoons, moves to New York City — which is magical and\ngross, etc. All the while, half his energy goes into living his life, while the\nother half is devoted to the increasingly ridiculous rituals he’s decided to\nmaintain to keep himself from fully short-circuiting,\nThen, he fully short-circuits.\nAt his absolute lowest, Jason finally decides to do the things\nhe’s always been told to do to get better: exposure therapy and medication.\nThese are the things that have always freaked him out, and they continue to\nfreak him out. Also, they help him recover.\nEverything is an Emergency is a comic about all the self-destructive\nstories someone tells himself, over and over, until they start to seem true. In\nimages surreal, witty, and confessional, Jason shows us that OCD can be funny,\neven when it feels like it’s ruining your life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006295007X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.006295007X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Katzenstein, Jason Adam\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41383657144378,"sku":"DBV.006295007X.G","price":4.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/006295007X-0.jpg?v=1777397612","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/everything-is-an-emergency-an-ocd-story-in-words-pictures","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}