Martin Ingle says he was "more or less a healthy young man" before he turned 23 and started noticing changes.
"Over the course of a few weeks, I was a firsthand witness to my brain changing," he told The Drum.
As he scoured the internet for answers, he stumbled across a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that he had never heard of but seemed to encompass everything he was experiencing.