"It'll be Okay." by Shannon Shy
Shannon Shy is a senior civilian attorney with the Department of the Navy and a retired U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. In 1997, while on active duty with the Marines, he was diagnosed with a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD. His OCD had become so severe he became practically non-functioning. He constantly found himself in a seemingly endless loop of intrusive and irrational thoughts, mental anguish, physical pain, and odd behaviors. It got to the point where he secretly and repeatedly thought that suicide would be better than the anguish, embarrassment, and the pain. While he had suspected for several years that he had some disorder, he was afraid to admit it to anyone and afraid to be diagnosed. He had concluded that doing so would cause him to lose his career and his wife and two young sons. Finally, after some nudging from his wife and a colleague and after one very memorable OCD episode, he called a psychiatrist. With the aid of doctors, medication, and behavioral therapy, he developed an effective behavioral strategy (what he calls Ground Rules and Checkpoints) to manage his OCD. He now lives a very happy and productive life and has for many years--without medication and without doctors. OCD no longer adversely affects him. This book is about how a young Marine officer, attorney, and family man faced and overcame a relentless enemy called OCD. It is a story about struggle, perseverance, and overcoming adversity. This book is not intended as medical advice. Rather, it provides hope, comfort, confidence and insight to some practical techniques for those suffering from OCD and for those trying to help someone with OCD.Shannon Shy is a retired US Marine who now works for the Department of the Navy as a civilian attorney. Since 2016, he has written three books on overcoming OCD and provided peer help to hundreds of sufferers around the world as a certified peer recovery specialist. Shannon served on the International OCD Foundation's Board of Directors from 2011 to 2018, when he resigned to serve as a civilian advisor in Afghanistan. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Dale City, Virginia, with their three children and two granddaughters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781438957319 |
| ISBN 10 | 1438957319 |
| Title | "It'll be Okay." |
| Author | Shannon Shy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | AuthorHouse |
| Year published | 2009-03-11 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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