‘It took me a few moments to understand what it was I was actually seeing. The anticipated images of soft porn that had floated before my eyes dissolved against some domestic abstraction, which resolved into a close up of a... yes... gas cooker’

First I was afraid, I was petrified consists of a huge collection of Polaroids, discovered by Harland Miller, each of which show a gas cooker turned to ‘off’ − the only physical/visual proof that can allow the sufferer of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to be free to leave the house without nagging doubt. This book reveals a fascinating and wryly humorous story of someone that has suffered from an acute case of OCD − never able to leave the house without going back to check and double-check that nothing has been left on. If you have ever had that sinking feeling that you've left the front door wide open, the gas fire on, the bath taps running... then you will find this book compulsive reading.

本書は、Harland Millerによって見つけられた、栓を閉めた状態のガス調理器を撮った膨大な数の写真により構成される。この写真は強迫神経障害（COD)に悩む人が、ガスを消したかどうか心配になることなく外出できるようにするための確認のために撮影されたもので、何度もガスを消した事を確認しないと外出できないCODに悩むひとの、皮肉にも滑稽なストーリーを描いている。
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