She's the genius behind the Catherine Tate Show, she was Donna on Doctor Who, she's done plays and movies and is generally awesome. And she's had OCD- a specialised form of it that reminds me of, well, me. Hers centered on word association while mine tends to focus on number association. She couldn't leave a jumper on the floor because 'jumper' began with J and so did her mother's name. Now that makes no sense, but that's OCD for you.
She also suffers from panic attacks (me too) and depression. Interviewes describe her as 'shy'. It feels rather odd to be writing these things about a person I know is real, by the way. I can't put my finger on it, it seems like I'm pointing the finger at somebody and shouting YOU! YOU HAD MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS! But no-one would say a similar thing if I was writing about a celebrity's battle with cancer, so it just...makes me wonder.
Catherine Tate is really truly awesome, anyways.
I didn’t know that about Catherine but there are a lot of people in showbiz that have stage fright and panic attacks. Donnie Osmond had severe stage fright almost all the way through his run in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” He had to go for counseling and kicked the thing and went on talk shows to help give hope to other people. I love her too and think she is so funny. I was watching a few episodes today on my iPhone when I had some time to kill waiting for my wife to get some things at the store to take to her mother’s house. I love my DISH Network Sling adapter because I can get TV when it’s convenient either from my DVR like today or live sports when I’m not at home
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