“I’m jealous of everyone who can just get on with life – this is what a week with OCD is like”

Actor Tuppence Middleton on what it's really like to live with OCD

Credit: Joseph Sinclair

Frame Of Mind


“I’m jealous of everyone who can just get on with life – this is what a week with OCD is like”

By Tuppence Middleton

2 months ago

13 min read

Actor Tuppence Middleton, best known for her work on Downton Abbey, has lived with OCD for over 26 years – a disorder that makes her perform repetitive rituals and avoid people and situations that might trigger her, all the while attempting to mask the chaos happening inside her mind. Here, she shares what a week in her thoughts looks like. 


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