In this paper, we use Stein’s method to obtain optimal bounds, both in Kolmogorov and Wasserstein distance, the normal approximation for empirical distribution of ground state a many-interacting-worlds harmonic oscillator proposed by Hall, Deckert Wiseman (Phys. Rev. X 4 (2014) 041013). Our bounds on distance solve conjecture McKeague Levin (Ann. Appl. Probab. 26 (2016) 2540–2555).