Obsessive Intrusive Magical Thinking

In this "incandescent debut", journalist Eloise explores the nuances of being neurodivergent through a captivating mix of personal essays and cultural criticism. Eloise was diagnosed with OCD in her teens and later ADHD, autism, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that causes chronic pain. Starting with her childhood in the U.K., she revisits the fixations that destroyed and sustained her - from journaling in the 2000s as a young girl to make time more elastic to shoplifting in her teens and romanticizing Los Angeles, where she moved as an adult to pursue a writing career.