UNTIL IT FEELS RIGHT - Emily Costa

ABOUT THE BOOK

Emily Costa has had obsessive-compulsive disorder since childhood. After decades of unsuccessful treatments, her condition worsens significantly during the pandemic, and she decides to try an intensive program of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Until It Feels Right is a series of framed and stylized diary entries written during the three weeks of this treatment. It’s a closer look into the realities of OCD outside traditional media depiction, a peek behind the curtain of the processes involved in CBT, and an entertaining complex portrait of a mind fighting against itself.

PRAISE FOR UNTIL IT FEELS RIGHT

“‘I have to be okay with fear. I have to be okay,’ Emily Costa writes in Until It Feels Right, her gripping, unvarnished account of an intense course of exposure therapy she underwent in October 2021 to treat her OCD. Costa, a young mother who recently lost her father, connects with a voice at once honest, rhythmic, and immediate, making her memoir an indispensable addition to the historical registry of those privately struggling amidst the collective, public trauma of a global pandemic. That is, it's a book for all of us.”
—Sara Lippmann, author of LECH

"I absolutely adored Emily Costa's Until It Feels Right. It really helped me feel less alone as a parent with my own mental health issues."

—Elle Nash, author of Gag Reflex

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emily Costa’s work can be found in X-R-A-Y, Hobart, Barrelhouse, Wigleaf, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a novel sort of about her father's video store, as well as a book of short stories. You can follow her on Twitter @emilylauracosta.

BOOK INFO
Pub Date: June 21, 2022
Print Length: 94 pages
Dimensions: 5 x 8 inches
ISBN: 978-1-957392-05-9

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