Because We Are Bad

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The true story about a teenaged girl with OCD</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'Extremely compelling' </strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- THE GUARDIAN</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'Remarkable' </strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- WASHINGTON POST</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'A beautifully-rendered memoir' </strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY</em></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Because We Are Bad</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a gripping fast-paced non-fiction memoir that takes you inside the invisible war of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - where a single intrusive thought can feel like a verdict and where the mind insists that certainty is the only form of safety.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From the outside Lily is a bright capable girl navigating school friendships and family life. On the inside her days are governed by dread: unwanted images taboo thoughts sudden spikes of anxiety and the persistent fear that thinking something bad means being bad.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>OCD is not neat quirky or harmless in this story. It is urgent intelligent and exhausting - an illness that hijacks logic steals time and makes ordinary moments feel dangerous.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Written with razor-sharp clarity and literary elegance </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Because We Are Bad</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> has the pace of a thriller: a page-turning true story of rituals and mental compulsions of moral panic and secret rules of the desperate bargains made to keep disaster away.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Lily Bailey captures the looping nature of obsession - the way intrusive thoughts return mutate and demand new answers - while showing how shame and silence can tighten the trap. This is narrative nonfiction at its most intimate: an OCD memoir that turns a private disorder into a vivid cinematic reading experience.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Yet this is not only a story of suffering. It is also a story of survival insight and recovery - the hard-won shift from fear-driven obedience to the possibility of freedom. With compassion and hard truth Bailey traces how OCD distorts identity (because we are bad) and how naming the disorder can become the first step toward reclaiming the self. If you have ever lived with anxiety panic depression perfectionism rumination or the crushing need to get it right you will recognise the emotional squeeze of a brain that refuses to let go.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Inside this unforgettable mental health memoir you'll find:</span></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A vivid honest portrait of life with OCD and intrusive thoughts including the isolating pressure to appear fine.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The hidden mechanics of compulsions - checking reassurance seeking avoidance mental reviewing - and how they can escalate in secret.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A moving coming-of-age journey through fear courage family and the complicated work of growing up with mental illness.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A voice that is intelligent humane and fiercely readable: candid darkly funny at times and always compassionate.</span></li></ul><p><em>Buy the book and start reading</em></p>