Julia Fox Opens Up About ‘Very Difficult’ ADHD And OCD Conditions
etcanada.comJulia Fox is getting candid about her struggles with ADHD and OCD. In a new video shared on TikTok, the 32-year-old actress spoke about the difficulties she’s faced while dealing with both the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she said she only recently realized she suffers from.
In the video, a fresh out of the shower Fox answers a fan who asked, “Can u make a video about navigating ur career while being neurodivergent?” “It’s been very difficult,” the “Uncut Gems” star replied. “I have bouts of like, great productivity, where I’m on top of the world and just feeling like I’m invincible.
And then, I have moments of like, deep, deep, deep, stagnant type of feeling, like I just can’t f**king move.” READ MORE: Julia Fox Reveals the Red Flags That Led to Her and Kanye West's Breakup While Fox said she hasn’t spoken much about it, she shared that dealing with ADHD, a chronic condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness, has been tough. “I’ve never really talked about it, but like, ADHD is really tough,” she continued. “I have a little bit of OCD as well, which I just realized was OCD, because I used to count the number of letters inside of words in my head, and I’d always want them to reach to 10, and if I’m not smoking weed, I’m literally counting.” OCD, on the other hand, is a disorder characterized by the Mayo Clinic as “unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead to compulsive behaviours.” Fox said she’s been using marijuana to manage her OCD symptoms, though she admitted that hasn’t exactly been helping her ADHD and productivity. “So, the weed quiets down the OCD, but it does not help with the productivity issue with the
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