Scorpions
A Memoir
Tuppence Middleton
- **'A
- skilful,
- poetic
- and
- bleakly
- funny
- account
- of
- coping
- with
- a
- lifelong
- condition'
- –
- THE
- GUARDIAN‘Absolutely
- extraordinary
- writing.’
- –
- JAMES
- O'BRIEN'So
- fantastic'
- –
- CHRIS
- EVANS'Candid
- and
- compelling.
- A
- must-read.'
- –
- BRYONY
- GORDON'Brilliantly
- readable.'
- –
- PATRICK
- MCGRATH**My
- mind
- is
- full
- of
- scorpions.
- A
- cerebral
- itch,
- impossible
- to
- scratch.
- I
- know
- these
- creatures
- well,
- but
- they
- know
- me
- better.
- They
- answer
- to
- another
- name,
- this
- nest
- of
- scorpions,
- the
- writhing
- black
- mass
- that
- lives
- inside
- my
- head…For
- as
- long
- as
- Tuppence
- Middleton
- can
- remember,
- she
- has
- struggled
- with
- obsessive
- thoughts
- and
- compulsions.
- She
- visualises
- her
- OCD
- as
- scorpions
- inhabiting
- her
- mind,
- something
- to
- be
- hidden
- that
- impacts
- her
- life
- daily:Often
- used
- as
- a
- shorthand
- for
- tidiness
- or
- as
- the
- punchline
- of
- a
- joke,
- OCD
- is
- one
- of
- society’s
- most
- misunderstood
- disorders
- and
- it’s
- rarely
- spoken
- about
- with
- such
- honesty
- and
- openness.In
- this
- beautifully
- written,
- moving
- and
- often
- darkly
- funny
- memoir,
- Tuppence
- recounts
- what
- it
- feels
- like
- to
- share
- your
- mind
- with
- a
- nest
- of
- scorpions.**'A
- fantastic
- memoir
- .
- .
- .
- Scorpions
- is
- intensely
- personal,
- yet
- somehow
- manages
- to
- be
- universal'
- –
- JOHN
- ROBINS'There
- isn’t
- a
- page
- that
- won’t
- leave
- you
- with
- greater
- understanding
- and
- empathy'
- –
- JANET
- ELLIS'Brilliantly
- immersive,
- funny,
- and
- brave'
- –
- LISA OWENS**
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