{"product_id":"i-was-my-own-enemy-my-war-against-ocd-and-the-fight-for-peace","title":"I WAS MY OWN ENEMY: My War against OCD and the Fight for Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIf you have ever felt trapped inside your own mind, this book is for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI lived my entire life this way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the time I was a child, my mind was never quiet. Thoughts that would not stop. Intrusive images I never asked for. Relentless doubt about everything I touched. Invisible rituals that demanded completion before I was allowed to feel safe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was a top student until my mind stopped letting me read a single page. I sat through the most important exams of my life unable to write a word, watching my future slip through my fingers while I stared at a blank page, trapped inside thoughts I could not stop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was nineteen when I joined the Special Forces, hoping the war outside would finally silence the war inside. It only made it louder. Fourteen months of waking up already defeated. Fourteen months of fighting two wars at once - and only one of them had a uniform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was a day I almost crashed my car on the highway. A compulsion forced my eyes off the road sixteen times in seconds. I knew I could die. I could not stop. The danger was never on the road. The danger lived inside my head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were nights I lay in bed hitting the mattress with my fists, screaming silently with my mouth wide open because no one could hear what was happening inside that room. My parents were a few metres away. They had no idea their son was fighting to survive his own mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThere were moments I almost did not make it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside this book is a drawing of what my mind actually looked like. Numbers. Timers. Demons. Loops. Every day. For years. While I smiled and told everyone I was fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: the real version, the one no one talks about. The one that steals years from your life. The one that follows you through heartbreak, war, exhaustion, and silence so heavy you forget what your own voice sounds like.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is what it actually feels like.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnd this is the story of the way out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the book my younger self dreamed of having. The one he searched for every night, alone in the dark, convinced he was the only person on earth fighting a war no one could see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHe was not alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither are you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI dedicate this book to every person fighting battles no one else can see. To the overthinkers. To the ones who smile but suffer. To the ones who have wondered if they are broken - you are not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd to the younger me, who only ever wanted to live a day instead of trying to survive it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI turned what once felt like destiny into the strength to rewrite my own path. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIf I made it through, so can you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIf you have ever felt trapped in your own mind, read this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIf you have ever fought a battle no one else could see, read this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIf you have ever wondered if you will ever feel free, you will.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYou are not alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— Y. Georghiou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yiorgos Georghiou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57939271188863,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/4343\/7439\/files\/818WHy1bchL._SY522.jpg?v=1783607865","url":"https:\/\/bookaholicsshop.com\/en\/products\/i-was-my-own-enemy-my-war-against-ocd-and-the-fight-for-peace","provider":"Bookaholics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}