{"product_id":"me-stanley-b-howard-9798274415927","title":"Me: Jack in the Box with OCD","description":"This is the tale of a man who lived many years with a Pure O dragon. Pure O is the Purely Obsessional type of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) mental disorder. Usually unseen, this type of closed-loop OCD is often spared a stigmatizing diagnosis, because pure O is primarily limited to the confines of a singularly lonely mind, often seemingly adrift in unseen idle thought, rather than manifested in repetitive acts, such as a hand washing until there is blood or checking a stove or door half a dozen times. Hence, it is perhaps more difficult to put an identifying finger on this often debilitating head-confined affliction. Maybe this retelling will help others afflicted with unwanted and often disturbing thoughts. For one so afflicted, these mental intruders popup like mole heads in a whack-a-mole, or an unfettered jack in the box. In this telling, the author hopes as well to understand how it affected his life, despite the pain such a recollecting and retelling might entail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley B. Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798274415927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Stanley B. Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083802616063,"sku":"9798274415927","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/me-stanley-b-howard-9798274415927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}