{"product_id":"2940169770643","title":"Two Levels of Doing and Undoing","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeople with OCD do and undo: the obsessive compulsive starts to make his bed; then he decides that his time is better spent doing something else; then he reverses himself once more and re-starts making his bed; then he once again reverses himself, deciding once again not to make his bed; and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat sort of doing and undoing is diachronic, as in, the opposed impulses are expressed, not in simultaneous, but in sequential behaviors: the impulse to make the bed is expressed; then the impulse to do something else is expressed; then the impulse to make the bed is once again expressed; and so on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut obsessive-compulsives also engage in a form of synchronic doing and undoing, as in, there are cases where the opposed impulses are simultaneously operative and, indeed, operative in the very same behavior; and many otherwise inexplicable compulsions are to be explained in terms of this fact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Author's Republic audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harlequin Love Inspired","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104653263088,"sku":"2940169770643","price":0.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169770643_p0.jpg?v=1763694012","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169770643","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}