15 Famous People With OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder of the brain and behavior. OCD causes severe anxiety in those affected. OCD involves both obsessions and compulsions that take a lot of time and get in the way of important activities the person values.

Thus it’s quite amazing to see how much these talented famous people with OCD have been able to achieve despite this crippling disease.

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The Struggle: 15 Famous People With OCD

Michael Jackson had Body Dismorphic Disorder which is  similar to OCD.

Cameron Diaz’s germaphobe tendencies is related to her OCD.

Fiona Apple suffers from OCD and  she says that it can be life disturbing.

Pop star Katy Perry brushes her teeth 4-6 times a day due to her OCD.

Leonardo DiCaprio suffers from OCD and says that he allowed his condition to worsen in order to play Howard Hughes in “Aviator.”

Award winning actress Jessica Alba talked  in detail about what her OCD felt like to Cosmo Girl in an interview: “It was like a panic come over me and I had to do something, and once I did it, I was OK. … It was really me needing to control something.”

Limp Biscuit front man Fred Durst says that his OCD makes touring really tough.

Justin Timberlake suffers from OCD  so badly that if everything isn’t organized a certain way he goes a bit nuts.  He also only allows certain foods in his refrigerator.

 Billy Bob Thornton calls suffering from OCD exhausting.

Famed film maker Woody Allen has OCD  which makes obsesses endlessly about dying.

Howie Mandel has been very open about his OCD joking about how handrails are like his ‘enemy’.

Soccer star David Beckham confessed to struggling with OCD having to completely reorganize hotel rooms in order to feel comfortable.

“Blues Brothers” star Dan Aykroyd suffers from Tourettes, Aspergers and OCD.

Grindhouse star Rose McGowan suffers from OCD related to agoraphobia.