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Jessie J Opens Up About ADHD/OCD Diagnosis: ‘I Have Always Been Honest in the Journey I’m Going Through’

Jessie J posted a long note to fans revealing that she was recently diagnosed with ADHD and OCD, describing how the information has helped her open up.

Jessie J revealed to her fans on Saturday that she was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive behavior (OCD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder three months ago and that the information helped her understand a lot about her struggles as a child and young adult. Understanding that there are many people who are going through the same struggles — more than 366 million adults worldwide were diagnosed with ADHD as of 2020 and approximately of the global population has OCD — Jessie said, “I’m honestly just reaching out to hold your hand and because I need mine held too. In 2020, Jessie wrote a series of Instagram posts in which she revealed that she’d been hospitalized with the inner ear condition Meniere’s disease, which can cause severe vertigo and which left her unable to walk and deaf in one hear.

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