A memoir by Roland Gharfine

My OCD
Experience.

A true account of a mind at war.

For years, my life was quietly ruled by obsessive thoughts and invisible rituals. This book is my attempt to turn that chaos into something honest, readable, and hopefully a little bit healing.

Read a few pages About the book

This is my story. I hope you enjoy it.

My OCD Experience by Roland Gharfine. On the cover, a thread crosses from a tangle on dark blue into an open cream space. — Obsessions. Compulsions. Small victories.

A note before we begin

For anyone who has ever wondered
if their brain is secretly broken.

And for the people who love them.

You’re not
the only one.

Between these pages

The messy, human
part of the story.

Why I wrote it

This book is a long letter to anyone who has ever wondered if their brain is secretly broken, and to the people who love them.

In my own words

Who it’s for

If you live with OCD, care about someone who does, or simply want a brutally honest account of daily life with OCD, this story is for you.

Meet the person behind it

What you’ll find

Not advice. Not a cure. Just one person’s real experience: the obsessions, the shame, the small victories, and how accepting it all changed everything.

Inside the book

A little of chapter six

It started on an
ordinary school night.

The first time I realised my thoughts were not behaving like other people’s thoughts, was that ordinary school night, with that ordinary night light.
My OCD Experience, Chapter Six (abridged)