Puzzled a memoir of growing up with OCD

"Pan Cooke is ten years old when anxious thoughts begin to take over his brain like pieces of an impossible puzzle. What if he blurts out a swear word while in church? What if he accidentally writes something mean in his classmate's get-well card? What if his friend's racy photo of a...

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Main Author: Cooke, Pan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language: English
Published: New York : Rocky Pond Books, [2024]
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Summary: "Pan Cooke is ten years old when anxious thoughts begin to take over his brain like pieces of an impossible puzzle. What if he blurts out a swear word while in church? What if he accidentally writes something mean in his classmate's get-well card? What if his friend's racy photo of a supermodel ends up in his own homework and is discovered by his teacher? More and more, he becomes hijacked by fears that can only be calmed through exhausting, time-consuming rituals. Pan has no way of knowing that this anxiety puzzle and the stressful attempts to solve it are evidence of a condition called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is his story of living with and eventually learning about OCD. Told with endearing honesty and humor, Puzzled shows the reader the importance of empathy for oneself and those going through something they don't yet understand."--Amazon.com.
Physical Description: 224 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Audience: Ages 10 years and up
ISBN: 9780593615621
059361562X
9780593615614
0593615611
Author Notes: Pan Cooke is an Irish artist and "cartoonivist" residing in Dublin, Ireland. He frequently posts cartoons about social issues on Instagram, where he has a large following, and he has created comics for Amnesty International and Campaign Zero. This memoir is his first book.