Tuppence Middleton shares a candid and compelling account of navigating life while struggling with obsessive thoughts and compulsions in Scorpions: A Memoir. This beautifully written, moving, and often darkly funny narrative offers an honest look at what it feels like to manage OCD, an often misunderstood disorder.

Middleton visualizes her OCD as a nest of scorpions inhabiting her mind, detailing the constant internal struggle against intrusive thoughts concerning safety, contamination, and harm to loved ones. This memoir provides rare insight into the reality of living with a condition frequently reduced to a shorthand for tidiness.

• A raw and honest memoir detailing the author's lifelong struggle with obsessive thoughts and compulsions (OCD).
• Explores the reality of living with an often misunderstood mental health condition with candor and dark humor.
• Written by Tuppence Middleton, contributors include Middleton, Tuppence (author).

• Author: Middleton, Tuppence
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Print Length: 208 pages
• Publication Date: May 21, 2026
• ISBN-10: 1846048036
• ISBN-13: 978-1846048036
• Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.5 x 19.7 cm
• Weight: 150 g
• Publisher: Rider

This essential read offers profound perspective on mental health struggles, making it highly relevant for those interested in Biography within Medical, Legal & Social Sciences.