Life in Rewind, One Man Overcoming Severe OCD

Zine's extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder imprisoned him inside his basement for more than two years. The toll it took on body and psyche was staggering. By 1997, despite attempts to treat his condition with medication and therapy, Zine had become a ghost of his former self. His torso was pockmarked with bedsores. He walked and talked backward. Visitors communicated with Zine through walls and doors, delivering meals carefully sealed inside plastic bags - bags Zine later used to store his bodily wastes for safekeeping.

A cruel taskmaster, OCD compelled Zine to "rewind" thoughts and actions so people he loved would not fall ill or die. Or so he'd convinced himself. Any misstep, any familiar object out of place, and the frantic rewinding began. Moving from bed to basement door might take seven seconds or seven hours. Time itself had become his mortal enemy.