Howie Mandel: Never too Late to Make a Change

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Howie Mandel (America’s Got Talent, Deal or No Deal, Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast) opens up about his struggles with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and OCD. He discusses the rituals and intrusive thoughts that force him to hit the pause button on his life, why he finally decided to seek professional treatment, and how his diagnoses have affected his lifepath. Howie explains how Candid Camera first inspired him to do comedy and recounts his first time onstage performing stand-up. He and Mayim consider the importance of living in the moment, hypervigilance as a survival mechanism, and tips on achieving success within therapy. Mayim breaks down ways to manage mental illness with meditation in another installment of Ask Mayim Anything.

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0:00.0	The first day I had with my wife.
0:03.2	I had a reputation.
0:04.2	The first time I dated her, I borrowed my mom's car.
0:07.0	I got her in the car.
0:07.8	We were going to a movie or something.
0:09.5	And I hit an ice patch.
0:12.0	And the car started spinning like crazy.
0:15.4	And then we hit the center aisle and the car went up on its side
0:19.0	and was about to turn over just as it was about to turn over.
0:21.7	It fell back and fell back on the wheels.
0:24.6	She looked at me and she goes, very funny.
0:27.3	So.
0:29.7	It's my ambiolix breakdown.
0:32.0	She's going to break it down for you.
0:34.6	Because you know she knows a thing or two.
0:37.9	And now she's going to break down.
0:39.8	So break down.
0:40.9	She's going to break it down.
0:43.5	My ambiolix breakdown is supported by True Bill.
0:46.5	Jonathan, what do you think you spend on subscriptions every month?
0:50.0	I think it fluctuates every month.
0:51.7	And there are some months that people are charging me things that I
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