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

As a child Lily Bailey knew she was bad.
By the age of 13, she had killed someone with a thought, spread untold disease and ogled the bodies of other children.

Only by performing an exhausting series of secret routines could she corret her wrongdoing. But it was never enough. She had a severe case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. From child to teenager to young woman, OCD ruled Lily's life, sending a bright, vital mind spinning into a downward vortex. Until she learnt a fundamental philosophical lesson.

Raw and funny, heartbreaking and uplifting, Because We Are Bad reveals with humour, grace and searing honesty what it's like to live with an almost intolerable burden of obsession.

Genres: Nonfiction - Memoir - Mental Health - Psychology - Mental Illness - Medical - Health