WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.275 NARRATOR: Howie Mandel is battling a crippling disorder. 00:00:04.275 --> 00:00:08.400 Obsessive-compulsive disorder nearly cost him his career 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.175 and made him shave his hair. 00:00:11.175 --> 00:00:15.180 HOWIE MANDEL: OCD are these intrusive thoughts that keep coming in 00:00:15.180 --> 00:00:17.760 so much that you have no control, and you can't stop. 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.760 Those thoughts are so strong that it stops your life. 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.185 NARRATOR: For Howie, his fear of germs has been a living nightmare, 00:00:25.185 --> 00:00:28.980 not just for him but for his loved ones as well. 00:00:28.980 --> 00:00:31.520 HOWIE MANDEL: In my mind, this is a Petri dish. 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:33.800 Otherwise, I would spend a day as I have in the past 00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:35.945 in my life in a men's room, 00:00:35.945 --> 00:00:39.062 rubbing and scrubbing and scalding. 00:00:39.062 --> 00:00:42.950 NARRATOR: His phobia nearly made him an absent father. 00:00:42.950 --> 00:00:48.130 It was so bad he couldn't bear touching his own children's hands. 00:00:48.130 --> 00:00:50.510 HOWIE MANDEL'S WIFE: The kids, when they're crawling on the floor, 00:00:50.510 --> 00:00:52.565 everything, it was so hard for him. 00:00:52.565 --> 00:00:54.200 NARRATOR: When his kids were growing up, 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.335 he had a second house built in their backyard. 00:00:57.335 --> 00:01:02.435 Mandel would go here to escape the germs of his own family. 00:01:02.435 --> 00:01:06.880 He managed to keep his obsession hidden from colleagues and fans. 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:11.895 His way of greeting his audience with a fist bump became his trademark. 00:01:11.895 --> 00:01:13.350 Until one day, 00:01:13.350 --> 00:01:17.400 when he spilled his secret to Howard Stern by accident. 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:19.175 HOWIE MANDEL: I was incredibly embarrassed, 00:01:19.175 --> 00:01:21.595 and I thought I had humiliated my family. 00:01:21.595 --> 00:01:23.950 I thought that this is going to be the end of my career because 00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:26.260 people are going to know that I do have mental health issues. 00:01:26.260 --> 00:01:28.300 NARRATOR: After this shocking revelation, 00:01:28.300 --> 00:01:32.285 the comedian shared how OCD nearly ended his career. 00:01:32.285 --> 00:01:34.840 HOWIE MANDEL: There were many times when I wanted to back out. 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.900 I'm not somebody who sits down with strangers as I sit here. 00:01:38.900 --> 00:01:40.870 NARRATOR: He even wrote a book called 00:01:40.870 --> 00:01:43.435 Here's the Deal, Don't Touch Me, 00:01:43.435 --> 00:01:46.240 which set him free from his fears and 00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:50.600 inspired millions of people who also battle OCD. 00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:54.175 Yet Howie's fight is far from over. 00:01:54.175 --> 00:01:58.240 He is still in therapy and on medication for the anxiety 00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:00.770 that goes along with this disorder. 00:02:00.770 --> 00:02:04.080 Therapies also would save Charlize Theron 00:02:04.080 --> 00:02:07.015 from becoming her own worst enemy. 00:02:07.015 --> 00:02:08.380 For this actress, 00:02:08.380 --> 00:02:12.990 it's not germs but messy cabinets that steal her sleep. 00:02:12.990 --> 00:02:15.630 "I will lie in my bed and not be able to sleep 00:02:15.630 --> 00:02:17.100 because I'll say to myself, 00:02:17.100 --> 00:02:19.590 I think I saw something in that cabinet 00:02:19.590 --> 00:02:21.720 that just shouldn't be there." 00:02:21.720 --> 00:02:24.390 Charlize faced the hardest challenge ever 00:02:24.390 --> 00:02:26.265 when she became a mom. 00:02:26.265 --> 00:02:29.265 She was used to a neat and tidy house, 00:02:29.265 --> 00:02:32.385 yet motherhood made her life chaotic. 00:02:32.385 --> 00:02:35.205 Whenever her kids leave the house in a mess, 00:02:35.205 --> 00:02:37.620 it causes her agony. 00:02:37.620 --> 00:02:39.090 CHARLIZE THERON: There's a lot of times 00:02:39.090 --> 00:02:40.170 where I'm walking through my house 00:02:40.170 --> 00:02:41.460 thinking I'm going senile 00:02:41.460 --> 00:02:43.020 because I have a little OCD thing, 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:45.750 and I'm, like, where is this glare coming from? 00:02:45.750 --> 00:02:48.140 NARRATOR: Charlize got her life back together 00:02:48.140 --> 00:02:50.155 with the help of a therapist. 00:02:50.155 --> 00:02:53.325 Her children also lightened her load. 00:02:53.325 --> 00:02:55.140 CHARLIZE THERON: I've gotten a little bit better. 00:02:55.140 --> 00:02:57.950 My kids definitely helped me be less anxious 00:02:57.950 --> 00:02:59.440 about a lot of that stuff. 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:01.985 NARRATOR: Her condition could have harmed her career, 00:03:01.985 --> 00:03:04.445 but instead, it gave her an edge. 00:03:04.445 --> 00:03:08.750 She channeled her OCD into many of her biggest roles, 00:03:08.750 --> 00:03:12.805 like in Atomic Blonde, Mad Max, and Monster. 00:03:12.805 --> 00:03:16.605 David Beckham's OCD took another shape. 00:03:16.605 --> 00:03:20.310 He says he needs to have everything in a straight line, 00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:22.680 or everything has to be in pairs. 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.085 He's literally obsessed with symmetry. 00:03:26.085 --> 00:03:28.080 When David walks to the fridge, 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.635 simply getting a drink can quickly become an ordeal. 00:03:31.635 --> 00:03:36.300 His drink labels must be lined up in a certain way. 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:41.290 DAVID BECKHAM: If there's two bottles of water and two bottles of Coke 00:03:41.290 --> 00:03:43.420 and two bottles of Sprite, 00:03:43.420 --> 00:03:45.100 if there's an extra can, 00:03:45.100 --> 00:03:48.230 then I'd take it out and put it in the cupboard and hide it. 00:03:48.230 --> 00:03:52.030 NARRATOR: David's disorder made him buy three fridges, 00:03:52.030 --> 00:03:54.760 one for drinks, one for salads, 00:03:54.760 --> 00:03:57.100 and one for other food. 00:03:57.100 --> 00:04:00.710 Of course, all three perfectly organized. 00:04:00.710 --> 00:04:03.940 Beckham also admitted that he's addicted to 00:04:03.940 --> 00:04:08.425 rearranging hotel rooms to make everything perfect. 00:04:08.425 --> 00:04:10.690 Like other OCD sufferers, 00:04:10.690 --> 00:04:14.870 David didn't want his diagnosis to influence his career, 00:04:14.870 --> 00:04:17.950 so he only opened up about it later. 00:04:17.950 --> 00:04:20.560 His Manchester United teammates 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.440 used this information to annoy him. 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:27.325 They reordered his clothes and other stuff in hotel rooms, 00:04:27.325 --> 00:04:29.510 and it drove him mad. 00:04:29.510 --> 00:04:31.930 Although Beckham wished and tried 00:04:31.930 --> 00:04:35.645 to stop his obsessive behavior, he couldn't. 00:04:35.645 --> 00:04:40.470 Of course, his habits also complicate the lives of his family, 00:04:40.470 --> 00:04:42.855 but with their love and support, 00:04:42.855 --> 00:04:45.453 David leads a pretty normal life. 00:04:45.453 --> 00:04:47.610 Mandel, Theron, and Beckham 00:04:47.610 --> 00:04:50.910 are all living their own brand of nightmare, 00:04:50.910 --> 00:04:55.590 but all three of them had the courage to break the silence. 00:04:55.590 --> 00:05:00.825 So don't forget, whatever battle you're in, you're not alone. 00:05:00.825 --> 00:05:05.710 Face your fears. Speak your truth.