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nobaloney · 08-08-2011, 09:27 PM

OK, so I was watching a YouTube clip from NBC's "Today Show" a few years ago (since taken down, sadly) about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, for research on the disorder I myself, at age 17, was diagnosed with.

The YouTube clip, originally aired 10 years ago on NBC, featured Matt Lauer interviewing an OCD patient named Marc.

In October 1995, at age 43, Marc was scheduled to appear on a local New York talk show alongside Dr. Eric Hollander, a psychiatrist and OCD expert based in New York City's Columbia University Medical Center.

In an ironic twist of fate, the evening before the scheduled live appearance, Dr. Hollander diagnosed Marc with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

15 years earlier, Marc had a job that made him have to deal with Goo, Mess, and Gak on a daily basis--odd considering his Obsessions and Compulsions involved neatness and cleanliness.

Later on in the "Today Show" interview, Marc discussed that in front of his colleagues, he was laughing and smiling every time he got messy, but at the end of each work day, Marc would take his shirt and jacket off in front of his fellow employees and proceed to hit the showers, where he'd take the rest of his clothes off; if he wasn't clean by his standards, he'd go home to his wife and 2 young children and take several more showers.

By 1995, Marc had quit that job, and although it took him several years afterwards to get to the point where society says he should be, by the year 2000, he felt ready to share his recovery journey towards his lifelong OCD symptoms--which he states started at age 6, after starting 1st grade.

From that age until he was 16 years old, after attending a local church in his native Indiana, he'd ALWAYS be cleaning his room, and as a Boy Scout, he got the perfect score in cleanliness EVERY time; his college roommate would even take bets on how long Marc would leave their room messy.

As he approaches his 60th birthday in November, Marc continues to be a shining example of OCD patients everywhere as the national spokesman for the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation.

For more information on who I am talking about, check out his official website at http://www.viryours.com/ms

08-08-2011, 09:27 PM	#1
nobaloney Banned Banned!! Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2011 Posts: 20	Today Show episode about OCD OK, so I was watching a YouTube clip from NBC's "Today Show" a few years ago (since taken down, sadly) about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, for research on the disorder I myself, at age 17, was diagnosed with. The YouTube clip, originally aired 10 years ago on NBC, featured Matt Lauer interviewing an OCD patient named Marc. In October 1995, at age 43, Marc was scheduled to appear on a local New York talk show alongside Dr. Eric Hollander, a psychiatrist and OCD expert based in New York City's Columbia University Medical Center. In an ironic twist of fate, the evening before the scheduled live appearance, Dr. Hollander diagnosed Marc with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 15 years earlier, Marc had a job that made him have to deal with Goo, Mess, and Gak on a daily basis--odd considering his Obsessions and Compulsions involved neatness and cleanliness. Later on in the "Today Show" interview, Marc discussed that in front of his colleagues, he was laughing and smiling every time he got messy, but at the end of each work day, Marc would take his shirt and jacket off in front of his fellow employees and proceed to hit the showers, where he'd take the rest of his clothes off; if he wasn't clean by his standards, he'd go home to his wife and 2 young children and take several more showers. By 1995, Marc had quit that job, and although it took him several years afterwards to get to the point where society says he should be, by the year 2000, he felt ready to share his recovery journey towards his lifelong OCD symptoms--which he states started at age 6, after starting 1st grade. From that age until he was 16 years old, after attending a local church in his native Indiana, he'd ALWAYS be cleaning his room, and as a Boy Scout, he got the perfect score in cleanliness EVERY time; his college roommate would even take bets on how long Marc would leave their room messy. As he approaches his 60th birthday in November, Marc continues to be a shining example of OCD patients everywhere as the national spokesman for the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation. For more information on who I am talking about, check out his official website at http://www.viryours.com/ms