Just Another Day

by Shadi Srour

To outsiders, Josh appears to be a normal, intelligent college student. He has a girlfriend, a typical social life, and excels in his classes. Underneath, however, Josh lives as a prisoner. The Prison Warden, however, is his mind. Suffering at the hands of severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Just Another Day tells the compelling story of a young man struggling to survive under the daily assault of the disease. This revealing work allows readers to experience 24 hours of the chaotic and often secret lives of OCD sufferers. In presenting both common and obscure components of the illness that often are overlooked, Shadi Srour goes beyond the hand-washing paradigm that so often is portrayed as defining the disorder.

108 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2006