Ellen DeGeneres Goes Public With Her ‘Secret’ Triple Diagnosis

Ellen feels that she may have inherited OCD because her father may have had it. She said: “He would check the doorknob 15 times before we’d leave, he’d check the faucet 15 times, he would unplug all the appliances before we left the house because lightning could strike and it could catch fire. They say it could be hereditary.”

Something else that she revealed she had been diagnosed with is ADHD. Most of us are familiar with this because of children having it, but it can affect adults as well. She went on to say:

“So, I have ADD, I have OCD, I’m losing my memory.

“But I think I’m well-adjusted because I obsess on things, but I don’t have the attention span to stick with it, and I quickly forget what I was obsessing about in the first place. So, it takes me all the way around to being well-adjusted, I think.”

She tries to keep a positive attitude on everything that takes place. She summed things up, saying: “When you’re a public figure, you’re open to everyone’s interpretation. And I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, ‘What other people think of me is none of my business.’ Because people will say all kinds of things and you have no control over that. But you know the truth and that’s all that matters.”