In this captivating fusion of science and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts which exist within every brain

David has suffered from OCD for two decades, and The Man Who Couldn’t End is his honest attempt to understand the problem. At what stage does a harmless idea turn into a blinding blizzard of undesired thoughts? Drawing on the latest research on the mind, as well as traditional accounts of individuals and their treatments, this is a reserve that will problem how you consider what is normally normal, and what’s mental illness.