Ellen DeGeneres shared thinking her father may have had OCD, while talking about being diagnosed with multiple health conditions she has been experiencing while getting older.
The host revealed, in her final Netflix special For Your Approval, that she was diagnosed with OCD while she was in therapy, which she started after facing toxic workplace allegations.
“I may have OCD because a therapist said so and I said, ‘Yes I am very organised,’ because I thought that was the O,” DeGeneres shared.
“I didn’t know what OCD was. I was raised in a religion, Christian Science, that doesn’t acknowledge diseases or disorders. So when I was growing up, nobody talked about anything. There was no discussion of anything.”
The comedian then related the symptoms to her father, and concluded he may have had the condition too.
“I look back now and I realise my dad for sure had OCD,” she added. “He would check the doorknob 15 times before we’d leave, he’d check the faucet 15 times, he would unplug all the appliances before we left the house because lightning could strike and it could catch fire. They say it could be hereditary.”
She also shared being diagnosed with “full-on” osteoporosis, and arthritis.
“I don’t even know how I’m standing up right now. I’m like a human sandcastle. I could disintegrate in the shower,” DeGeneres quipped.
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