1.0WAMUhttps://wamu.orgWAMUhttps://wamu.orgFor Novelist John Green, OCD Is Like An 'Invasive Weed' Inside His Mindrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="b1rUp3cb6U"><a href="https://wamu.org/story/17/10/24/for-novelist-john-green-ocd-is-like-an-invasive-weed-inside-his-mind/">For Novelist John Green, OCD Is Like An ‘Invasive Weed’ Inside His Mind</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wamu.org/story/17/10/24/for-novelist-john-green-ocd-is-like-an-invasive-weed-inside-his-mind/embed/#?secret=b1rUp3cb6U" width="600" height="338" title="“For Novelist John Green, OCD Is Like An ‘Invasive Weed’ Inside His Mind” — WAMU" data-secret="b1rUp3cb6U" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document);
</script>
https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-18-way-down-jkerrigan1_wide-414ab245e58616f365b03e3b075732a073bb93f3.jpg29891681"It starts out with one little thought, and then slowly that becomes the only thought that you're able to have," Green says. His new novel, Turtles All The Way Down, is about a teenage girl with OCD.