Netflix Black Mirror's Will Poulter's life off-screen including OCD battle

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Actor Will Poulter has been open about his personal struggles, even as he steps into the limelight with his latest role in A24's eerie new horror film, Death of a Unicorn.The London-born actor launched his career at just 13 years old.

While his professional life flourished, he was secretly dealing with OCD, something he has only recently begun to speak about openly.Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, Poulter revealed that he was diagnosed with OCD in his teens.

Now aged 32, he recalled having intrusive thoughts from a young age, which is characteristic of the condition.As a youngster, these mental challenges manifested in a more 'imaginative' manner.

Poulter shared: "It [the OCD] just had a different and typically imaginative spin on it for a child. I can remember having this voice in my head, telling me if I didn't walk on certain paving stones on the way up to my mum and dad's house, something terrible was going to happen to them."He feels lucky to have received therapy early. "I was really lucky.