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Howie Mandel admits to being “extremely medicated” and portrays his mental health battles as ‘total horror.’

When I think of Howie Mandel, the first thing that springs to mind is positivity and laughing.

According to IMDb, he began his showbiz profession by coincidence. During a vacation, a producer noticed him at an amateur night at the Comedy Store on the L.A. Sunset Strip, where his buddies had urged him to try it out.

Today, Mandel is one of the most well-known names in entertainment. Mandel has done it all, including being a TV personality, playwright, actor, producer, director, entrepreneur, and popular game show panelist/host, and has proven himself to be exceptional at it.

However, he just decided to come up about his mental health, admitting that he has struggled with anxiety, ADHD, and OCD for most of his life. The truth is that no one can believe that someone as entertaining as Mandel would be going through such a thing.

“I am living a nightmare,” he said. “I try to ground myself. I love what I do and have a wonderful family. However, I can endure deep anguish from which I can never recover.”

This became significantly worse during the COVID-19 pandemic, when we were ordered into lockdown. Mandel told People magazine that the notion “we will perish” crossed his mind every single day.

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But the fact that no one in his immediate vicinity was afflicted offered him comfort.

Mandal was diagnosed with OCD and ADHD in his forties, although he knew he had it for a long time. He did not, however, openly discuss his mental status because he feared it would jeopardize his profession. “My initial feeling was that I had embarrassed my family,” he said. “Then I understood no one would hire someone who was unstable. “Those were my fears.”

The compulsions and obsessions are extremely distressing and interfere with daily activities. “I am in a bad dream,” the Canadian-born comic admitted. “I try to ground myself. Mandel says, “I have a wonderful family, including my wife Terry and their 3 children, Riley, Jackie, and Alex. I absolutely adore what I do. However, I can experience bouts of profound depression from which I cannot recover.

In a 2022 appearance on Kelly Clarkson’s talk show, he discussed his mental health difficulties.

I have OCD and am neurotic. People assume that because I am out and about, I am having fun and enjoying myself. “I am afraid,” he informed the host. “I like to go home and stay in the foetal position.”

Clarkson commented, “It is so odd to me, because every time I am around you, even seeing you off of work…you are so the antithesis of what I would expect.”

Mandel chuckled, “I know, I am such a joy, a light, an energy, and I am beautiful. To be really honest, I take a lot of medications.

It was comedy that got him through the darkest circumstances in his life.

“My coping strategy is to find the hilarious,” he stated. “If I do not smile, I am probably crying. And I have yet to reveal how horrifying and dark it becomes. In a sense, comedy saved me. I feel really at ease on stage. And when I have nothing to do, I withdraw, which is unhealthy.

Mandel’s mission is to assist raise awareness about mental illness and eliminate stigma.

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