Part memoir part self - help for teens Being Me with OCD tells the story of how obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) dragged the author to rock bottom - and how she found hope got help and eventually climbed back to a fuller happier life. Using anecdotes self - reflection guest essays and thorough research Dotson explains what OCD is and how readers with OCD can begin to get better. With humor specific advice and an inspiring been - there - beat - that attitude readers will find the book simultaneously touching and practical.