Posted by Elle2021 on November 29, 2003, at 22:12:26
In reply to What do you do with old Psych books?, posted by Dinah on November 29, 2003, at 12:40:10
Oh my goodness, I have the same fear. The college I go to has a policy where they buy back textbooks after each quarter. I have NEVER resold the books back because I am afraid I have left my name or some personal doodle about someone in them. Yes it's my OCD and yes it gets expensive.
Elle> I've been collecting them for years now, and some are frankly just not as helpful as others. But I can't figure out how to get rid of them. My therapist now knows that I research this stuff, and teases me about it. But I still am wary of giving them to one of the various charities that holds used book sales (anonymous donation of course). I seem to have this OCD'ish fear that somehow I will have left something with my name in them or something. I suppose I could give them to my husband to check before I give them away.
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> But really, psych books are so *personal*. It feels like I'm exposing myself by revealing them.
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> Ok, I'm being silly. The charities don't peruse my choice in book titles I'm sure. That's it. I'm going to sort my shelf into those books I know I want to keep and the rest and start piling them up for the book sales.
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