Showing posts with label Symptoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Symptoms. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Series-Disabled Legend Howie Mandel

Howie Michael Mandel II was born on 29 November, 1955. Howie is a Canadian comedian and actor, known for his roles on sitcoms and television. Being one of the best stand up comedians of all times, Howie Mandel suffers from OCD and can't shake hands with anyone due to mysophobia. Basically being the fear of dirt and germs, for this reason Howie shaves his head because it helps him feel cleaner. All these symptoms pass unnoticed when seeing him animating the popular show Deal or no Deal.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Series-Disabled Legend Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on 29 August, 1958. Michael is an American musician and entertainer, who debuted at the age of five as a member of the Jackson 5, and went on to become a pop icon as a solo artist. Michael Jackson seems to have BDD. Michael has had over 30 cosmetic surgey operations and his ex-wife Lisa Presley has said he would never take off his make-up, even in bed. Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD) is a negative preoccupation with physical appearance. Many who suffer from this disorder are at a greater risk of becoming plastic surgery addicts. Individuals with BDD display symptoms similar to those who are diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Series-Disabled Legend Howard Hughes

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was born on 24 December 1905 and died on 5 April 1976. Howard was an American aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. By the late 1950s Howard had developed debilitating symptoms of social avoidance behavior and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The Aviator (2004), directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard focuses primarily on Hughes' achievements in aviation, in the movies, and on the increasing handicaps imposed on him by his obsessive-compulsive behavior.

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Epilepsy Series-Disabled Legend Lord Byron

Lord Byron - Baron Byron, of Rochdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1643, by letters patent, for Sir John Byron, a Cavalier general and former Member of Parliament. Some biographies suggest that Lord Byron experienced epileptic seizures and in various passages he writes of symptoms reminiscent of epilepsy.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Tourettes Syndrome Series-Disabled Legend Dr. Samuel Johnson

Dr. Samuel Johnson LL.D. MA born on 18 September, 1709 and died on 13 December, 1784. Often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures, an essayist, biographer, lexicographer and a critic of English Literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist, well known for his aphorisms. Johnson had poor eyesight, was hard of hearing and had a scarred face as a result of childhood scrofula. He also had a number of tics and other involuntary movements, the symptoms described by Boswell suggest that Johnson had Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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