{"product_id":"book-co8y","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","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49441313030448,"sku":"BDco8y","price":0.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/330898-co8y-Square.jpg?v=1736534318","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-co8y","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}