Summary Of Naked By David Sedaris

Everyone should know the cliché statement that goes like, “life is not always as it seems”. There is always something hiding. Many people do find this secret the hard way. Somewhere in life, there will always be that one moment an individual will remember, but not necessarily cherish forever. In Naked by David Sedaris, Sedaris lived through many traumatic experiences in such a short time span. One moment that seemed to last forever was growing up with his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and his Tourette syndrome. Although he grew up with rough patches, he claims that no matter how horrible an experience may be, just move on in life. It does not matter how atrocious or how wondrous it may be, moving on to the next chapter will bring a new beginning. Sedaris overcame many obstacles

One barrier that blocked him away was his so called “diseases”. As a youngster, he thought that all of this was normal and everyone did them once in a while, “A person had to do these things because nothing was more worse than the anguish of not doing them” (Sedaris 9). This feeling is comparative to having the urge to itch a mosquito bite – you know you should not do it, but you do it anyway. Overcoming this was not an easy task. It was not explicitly stated, but Sedaris grew up with the slightest of bit depression. His eccentric lifestyle caused him to become an introvert while growing up because he would constantly bounce off the walls. He could not control himself much as a kid, but when he began college, he changed his life. He could not hold himself back anymore, “I’m unsure of the scientific aspects, but for some reason, my nervous habits faded about the same time I took up cigarettes. Maybe it was coincidental or perhaps the tics retreated in the face of an adversary than crying out in tiny voices” (21). Sedaris took his new