{"id":78825,"date":"2023-09-25T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=78825"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:31:53","slug":"corrie-actor-recalls-support-for-his-mental-health-disorder-from-co-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/tv-and-movies\/corrie-actor-recalls-support-for-his-mental-health-disorder-from-co-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrie actor recalls support for his mental health disorder from co-stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TV actor Ian Puleston-Davies \u2013 known for roles across many high-profile dramas \u2013 has recalled how Coronation Street co-stars supported him as he managed symptoms of OCD while filming the soap. <\/p>\n

The Owen Windass star often catastrophises things such as stains, explaining that his mental health disorder can make him fear he is being poisoned. <\/p>\n

\u2018My thoughts are mainly to do with contamination or fear of harm to myself or to others,\u2019 he shared. <\/p>\n

\u2018If I spot a stain, my unwanted thought will tell me it\u2019s toxic and dangerous, that if I or my children touch it, something awful will happen.<\/p>\n

\u2018I can often go back 10 or 20 times to examine the stain.\u2019<\/p>\n

Understandably, this means than TV sets can be a trigger, but a number of cast mates were conscious of Ian\u2019s symptoms and would offer reassurance. <\/p>\n

The Waterloo Road actor told The Mirror: \u2018I remember Antony Cotton, who plays Sean, who would be behind the bar in the Rovers Return, was very good before a scene, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve checked the glasses, Ian. There are no chips.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018He was always very good at reassuring me there were no stains on any of the glasses before he served me a pint.<\/p>\n

\u2018We had a lot of scenes on pretend building sites. If dust got in my eye I\u2019d think I scratched my retina and Mikey North would look to check.\u2019<\/p>\n


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