Former Nickelodeon host Marc Summers details ‘suffering’ with OCD: ‘It was a challenge every day’
Navigating obsessive-compulsive disorder hasn’t been easy for former Nickelodeon host Marc Summers. The television personality, 72, tells Page Six in an exclusive interview that the condition, from which he has “been suffering” since he was a child, “still affects” his life. Summers went public with his diagnosis in the ’90s and dealt with it via medication and then behavior therapy classes, and he says he “is still working on it” to this day. 6 Former “Double Dare” host Marc Summers says OCD “still affects” his life. Courtesy Everett Collection According to the Mayo Clinic, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) “features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions,” which lead a person “to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions,” that can “get in the way of daily activities and cause a lot of distress.” ...