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Brain Lock | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Creator: Beverly Beyette
Publisher: HarperAudio
Category: Book
List Price: $12.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 155814
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
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Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0694519154
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85227
EAN: 9780694519156
ASIN: 0694519154
Publication Date: December 1, 1997
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Product Description
?Do you perform unnecessary rituals in your daily routine??Are you a hoarder, afraid to throw out anything, no matter how useless? ?Are you unable to control runaway thoughts? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may be among the five million Americans who suffer from OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), a mental disorder that can wreak havoc in the daily lives of its sufferers and their families. In Brain Lock, Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz shows you how to: ?Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior! Dr. Schwartz's revolutionary Four-Step method helps youdefeat your irrational impulses by a process of Relabeling,Reattributing, Refocusing, and Revaluing to defeat yourobsessive-compulsive tendencies. ?Change Your Own Brain Chemistry!Dr. Schwartz's groundbreaking studies have shown that by using his Four-Step Program you can actually 3rewire2 your brain and modify your genetic disposition. ?Lead A Happier, Healthier Life!Achieve peace of mind as you banish your bothersome OCD symptoms and regain control of your own destiny.
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 An Answer to Prayer August 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book provided my son with the hope and steps he needed to be healed of OCD. We read others, but it was simple enough for this 6th grader to understand with the consistant help of his parents. We practiced each step until there were no more symptoms. Our healthy, bright, social boy was back. It took several months. We were very thankful.
Simple, effective, amazing... August 5, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
After years of psychotherapy and countless medication changes I found it a losing battle that seemed to have no end. My psychiatrist had moved out of town and I was assigned a new psychiatrist. At our first meeting she suggested I sounded like I had OCD. Being that everyone claims to have OCD I was initially thinking "oh great another meaningless diagnosis". She then referred me to a specialist that treats OCD. The specialist recommended this book to me along with the OCD Workbook.
As soon as I opened this book up I saw that 99% of my problem was in-fact OCD. I have what is called "Pure-O". It means that all of the compulsions and obsessions go on in my head. I dont need to constantly touch things or do rituals other than ones I do in my head like saying repeated mantras.
This simple fact freed me from many of my outlandish obsessions almost immediately! The more subtle ones, however do persist. Realizing that OCD is a physiological and not just a psychological disorder is also empowering.
This book gives 4 simple to understand and perform new rituals that in time actually rewire the brain to some extent. I may never be totally free from OCD, but I will be able to better manage its ravaging nature, and to me makes this one of the best books I have ever read.
Brain Lock gave me a new life August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Please all of you suffers with OCD read the book Brain Lock and practice the 4 steps. I have suffered with OCD for 30 years. This self help book actually will help you change your brain chemistry. Look, OCD is the great doubting disease. I used to doubt everything about myself.But after I read this book I over came much of the doubt. If your thinking about going on disability because its hard to keep a job then get this book. It was my last chance. This guy Schartwz should be the talking head for OCD. He is one person that when I see God, i will tell God thankyou for giving me Dr. Schwartz.
 Unlocking OCD July 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of several recent good books on OCD. Incidentally they all seem to think the disorder is new to psychiatry and complain of patients having previously been misdiagnosed and mistreated, I think Foa and Foa's book is about the best in general as a self-help book. This is very well written, with Beverly Beyette named as a ghost. There are very long and detailed case histories, which are intensely readable just as stories. Schwartz emphasizes the possibility of an organic etiology. The explanation of brain imaging is especially lucid and I found itmore understandable than the original journal articles. It is the only OCD book with an extended discussion of the role of the family as enablers, and I will be recommending it especially to patents' families. There are no references to Internet or NIMH information recources
The book that nails it. April 27, 2008
This book saved my life. The principles explained here, properly understood and applied, will lead you down the path of recovery from ocd.
You must fully and deeply understand what Dr. Schwartz is saying! A cursory read is not enough. I would highly recommend his audio cd from 2001 entitled "progressive mindfulness" to go along with this book.
As a lifelong sufferer of ocd, this book unlocked the door and my brain.
Thank you Dr. Schwartz!
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