This is #MyYoungerSelf, the Child Mind Institute’s campaign to counter the stigma for the 1 in 5 children struggling with mental health and learning disorders. Actors, athletes, social influencers, businesspeople and more send a message of hope about their experience growing up with these disorders. We are showcasing all of the videos involving celebrities discussing their experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
To see videos of celebrities discussing their experience with other mental health disorders, click here: https://childmind.org/myyoungerself/
Mayim Bialik is an actress and neuroscientist. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of NBC’s Blossom. Since 2010, she has played Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory.
Jenny Jaffe is a writer, comedienne, mental health advocate and founder of Project UROK. We asked what she’d like to tell her younger self. “You’re going to love what happens on the other side of what you’re going through. It’s not always going to be easy, you’re going to go through a lot of challenges, but what you’re going to find is that what you’re going through is going to make you stronger than you ever thought you could be.”
