Kissing Doorknobs
By Terry Spencer Hesser
A young girl named Tara
was growing up as a “normal” girl who just seemed to worry a lot and had an
occasional repeating nightmare. However, once she heard the phrase “Step on a
crack, break your mother’s back,” everything seemed to change. Her anxiety
started to worsen and she began to feel needs to do things even if it caused
her harm.
This unusual behavior started to frighten and worry her parents.
They took her to numerous doctors that gave her numerous misdiagnoses. These
behaviors and misdiagnoses lead to many stresses on her friendships and family.
Finally, Tara meets someone who knows a young
gentleman with obsessive compulsive disorder and she starts to get treatment
for this disease.
I enjoyed this story about a young girl with OCD. I found
it interesting to see the effects that it can have on someone and their life.
This disorder is not commonly known and I feel that people have a hard time
understanding the effects. This story not only shows the effects of obsessive
compulsive disorder, but it also teaches children not to judge someone by their
looks or actions. You never know the struggles people may be going through and
we all need to be sensitive when interacting with others.
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