David Adam

author, 'The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought'

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Journalist and author of The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought

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In the early 19th century, an 18-year-old woman known as Mademoiselle F. was walking home from her aunt’s house when she suddenly thought, what if she’d stolen something from her aunt?

A Life Lost in Thought

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