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WATCH: Mental health play about OCD coming to Clare theatre this autumn

A MENTAL health play about OCD comes to Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee, this October as part of World Mental Health Awareness Month. Written and directed by Aisling Smith and performed by Laura Whelan, OCD Me is a one-woman play about living with ...

24 Sept 2023 at 10:33

Life

Half of anxiety and depression cases in new and expectant mums are missed: 7 signs a new mum needs help

Half of all anxiety and depression cases among new and expectant mothers are going undiagnosed, according to a new report. Although 10-20% of women develop mental health problems, which can include anxiety and depression, during pregnancy or ...

16 Aug 2023 at 14:14

Lifestyle

Ben Miller on meditation, therapy and keeping his OCD in check

Actor, writer and comedian Ben Miller recalls a time when he would touch things repeatedly, obsessively and endlessly counting the number of times he tapped the table, the sideboard or a chair. This was because of the mental health ...

19 Oct 2022 at 09:58

Health & Wellbeing

OCD Awareness Week: 6 things you may not know about OCD

Although the clichés and jokes you may have heard about obsessive-compulsive disorder – or OCD – tend to focus on cleanliness and tidying, there is much more to it than that. OCD is a mental health condition where obsessive ...

10 Oct 2022 at 08:45

Health & Wellbeing

Will Poulter says acting offered ‘escape’ from mental health issues

Will Poulter has suggested his acting career meant he didn’t address his mental health “as early as I might have”. The 30-year-old British star has been acting since he was a child, first appearing in the 2007 film Son Of ...

20 Oct 2023 at 10:32

Movies

Will Poulter says subject of mental health ‘especially stigmatised’ in men

Will Poulter has said the subject of mental health is “especially stigmatised” in men, adding that you cannot always tell who is “struggling”. The 30-year-old British actor, who has been diagnosed with generalised ...

19 Oct 2023 at 10:17

Life

Robert Peston: Having ADHD has helped me in my career

After working flat out on the recent General Election, cabinet changeovers and pledges from the new government, as well as the build-up to the American election, ITV News political editor Robert Peston is feeling ...

06 Aug 2024 at 07:30

Health

Ex teacher nicknamed ‘twitcher’ says Tourette’s diagnosis in 40s helped him ‘make sense’ of lifetime of symptoms

A retired schoolteacher whose stomach tensing and ear wiggling saw him “taunted” and called a “twitcher” growing up has said being officially diagnosed with Tourette’s in his 40s was the “final piece in the ...

23 Aug 2023 at 09:04

Shocks

Too many of us are failed: Woman with OCD who believes years of undiagnosed autism saw her sectioned at 16 releases book

A 22-year-old woman with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who believes her years of undiagnosed autism led to her being sectioned at 16 has channelled her “anger” into writing her first book as she ...

20 Mar 2024 at 06:30

Body Image

Woman with OCD and anorexia who wore weights to trick scales and ran so much her legs broke starts mental health podcast

A former lawyer once “shackled” by an eating disorder and fitness obsession, running so much she broke both her legs, skipping meals, and being told she would be “dead within a year” in her 20s, now ...

17 Aug 2023 at 07:00

Life

Mental health campaigner Dr Alex George: I have grown tired of being lonely

Mental health campaigner, former A&E doctor and one-time Love Island contestant Dr Alex George has had enough neurodevelopmental conditions of his own to be able to talk with authority. He can ...

13 Jan 2026 at 09:59

Health

Beauty brand founder who pulled out her eyelashes due to OCD goes viral on TikTok with sell-out lash growth oil

A young skincare brand founder has described how her thriving business became her “absolute nemesis” when a slump in sales and the resulting stress caused a flare-up of trichotillomania, ...

25 Jul 2025 at 17:49

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