Be Well: Comedian Howie Mandel Talks Living With OCD

I think this is a great talk, and I really appreciate Howie Mandel. At the same time, I wish there was more public discussion about taboo ocd themes. Obviously talking about something like POCD on live television may be too triggering and the world might not be ready for it; it may be met very unkindly by people who don’t understand. But if the more taboo themes could enter the general mental health discussion somehow, I and countless others might not have had to go so many years feeling terrified to seek treatment or tell anybody.

⚠️ Might be triggering to some ⚠️ Thank you God ♥️ for allowing both of you to make this app possible for people like me with OCD. I literally thought OCD was going to kill me.

That’s good to hear that a comedian opens up about his OCD. I’ve been labeled stuck-up, too serious, a Debby-downer, and unable to chill the f out because I have OCD. So I’m unable to experience humor just because of my condition, as others put it. But after seeing this, it brings me hope.

The more we destigmatize OCD, the more we normalize how debilitating it is and that there is evidence-based treatment that will help!

I appreciate the dialogue in this video. I think the NOCD creator and Howie do a great job in conveying the seriousness of this. However, I think Cheddar could have done a better job with the descriptions of symptoms on those brief bulleted slides. They are strictly referring to contamination OCD and miss dozens of other symptoms related to the other OCD subtypes. IMO that further spreads limited information to the point where someone like myself who had other subtypes of OCD still wouldn’t consider themselves OCD based on the list. My OCD symptoms include things like rumination, skin picking, writing lists, and other things completely unrelated to “fear of germs” and whatever else they wrote.

I wish more taboo and less cliche ocd was being put into the public eye Feel like this is the lighter side of ocd (obv it’s not fun I’ve had contamination) but compared to taboo and things like false memory that have huge amounts of shame which cause people another level of suffering Also it reinforces people’s instant belief that ocd is hand washing. that needs to be broken it’s so much more than that and there’s so many people suffering in the dark.

Straight up, life is tuff my brother, yk it’s like that fr. You going through this and you made it here in this app that’s your choice to get better and I’m glad you did, this life ain’t easy on nobody but you chose to keep fighting and brother I’ll you something your doing a beautiful job, I sincerely love you and all those who join this app ❤️

Always liked Howie. Unlike him, I don’t worry about germs and able to shake hands with others.

Thank you both for sharing your journeys. This was truly inspirational for me.

Wonderful for him to share his story and struggles and how NOCD has assisted him on his path to dealing with intrusive thoughts and improving his overall quality of life

I have never heard that untreated OCD increases risk of suicide. With that said it is important that people identify the resources available to them, like therapy, medication , support groups, books …. There are more resources available than ever before. OCD does not have to define our lives .

I'm so grateful for this platform. I truly don't know where I'd be without NOCD. I gave a years worth of treatment left here and I pray I can strengthen my tools so that when I'm faced with ocd out of the blue, I know how to handle not seeking reassurance and don't have to live my life in fear. I feel my ocd is making my have ocd about remembering my tools. Because I remember these two metaphors I learned earlier on in my recovery but I can't remember how to apply them to my ocd and even that bothers me. I really hope NOCD can continue to work with insurance programs and not just top tier insurance plans because I have a insurance NOCD accepts but my specific plan isn't accepted and with inflation continuing to rise...paying out of pocket can be hard. So I'm grateful there are wonderful people like Mr. Stephen Smith in this program that continue to make NOCD more accessible for others, even others like myself who struggle getting the right insurance plan. Thank you NOCD. Thank you for being a light to us.

I need help

I’m sorry I got it done Ty been panicking all day love this place have a nice evening

I'm not sure about him being a 'rep', he recently took part in the shaming of a young woman with depression and outing of her suicidal thoughts on his show. Opening the app and seeing him just makes me think of that and how I'd feel in her situation.

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Thanks for replying.

Thank you all for this wonderful video. And I think Howie is an amazing judge on AGT! Thanks hosts and Howie and Stephen! ❤️

Nice

This was great. I really appreciate him.

And you’ll I know you will sister, keep going don’t give in

Sometimes I get these thoughts and memories of bad things that happen in my life and I keep repeating these thoughts in my head and then I want to hit myself. Is that OCD?

What’s the phone number for the billing

For NOCD

What is Cheddar? He looks tan

Wow thanks

Oh Howie. You have a special place in my heart for you. You GET it. Hearing about your struggles make me cry because it's like you're in this room talking about my struggles. You're in our circle. Thank you for sharing! 🤜🤛

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I need help I may beyond help tho

Does anyone have a source for his claim that people with untreated OCD are 10x more likely to commit suicide?

I just saw his commercial on tv.Finally some explanation to the public.SO EXCITED!!!!!!!