Scott Thomas has revealed a crippling battle with obsessive compulsive disorder after being treated for the condition at a residential rehabilitation clinic.
The former Love Island contestant, who also lives with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), discussed his struggles with the anxiety-based condition during the latest instalment of his At Home With The Thomas Brothers podcast.
Speaking to brothers Adam and Ryan, the TV personality, 37, said he was initially reluctant to disclose his OCD diagnosis for fear that he might be judged after previously discussing his struggles with alcoholism and other addictive behaviours.
‘If I didn’t tap something a certain amount of times, I thought someone was going to die,’ he said. ‘And I’d be speaking to myself going, “Everything’s okay. Everything’s okay. Everything’s okay.”
‘I’ve not talked about this because I didn’t want anybody on my socials to think, “f***ing hell, is there any problems this kid’s not had?” Gambling, drink, everything.
‘But then the more I’ve looked into it, I’ve been, it must be something to do with being neurodivergent, ADHD.’
Scott Thomas has revealed a crippling battle with obsessive compulsive disorder after being treated for the condition at a residential rehabilitation clinic
The former Love Island contestant discussed his struggles with the anxiety-based condition during the latest instalment of his At Home With The Thomas Brothers podcast
Scott revealed his struggles with the disorder soon led to a stay at Priory Altrincham, a Hale based drug, alcohol and mental health clinic offering in-patient treatment for a range of conditions – among them depression and anxiety.
‘I was in Hale Priory for cognitive behavioral therapy to get rid of my OCD,’ he said. ‘It was that bad that I couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night. I was literally just talking to myself going, “Everything’s going to be okay.”
‘And even to this day, I still have OCD. And when I go to bed at night, I check my room three times. I check everything. Little thing, and I check under my pillow, like just little things.’
Scott, currently four years sober, previously discussed his addiction issues while preparing for an appearance on Love Island: All Stars in 2025.
Speaking to the Daily Mail ahead of his second stint in the Majorcan villa, the TV personality said he has struggled with booze-free dates.
‘I’m not really good with dating, especially like sober dating. I found that really difficult’ he confessed.
‘One of the biggest challenges when I went sober – I’m two years sober now and I did a year in 2020 – I found sober dating quite intense, quite difficult. And if I’m honest, I’ve not really been through relationships because I was working on myself.
‘I was a bit of a notorious party boy, I had a bit of a challenging relationship with alcohol and everything else. And I was just like, “you know what? I need to go on this journey and find me and look after me” and get back to the authentic Scott.
‘I’ve kind of done that over the last couple of years and I was open’.
On how he approaches alcohol-free dating, Scott added: ‘The world is changing now. I’m becoming a lot more open to sober dating. I love a nice dog walk and going on coffee dates, so I don’t think [dating in the villa without booze] will be much of a challenge.
‘But I tell you what, in series two, it was a big challenge for me. I was petrified going on dates without alcohol. I would literally run out and try and grab glasses of wine off the tables!
‘But I don’t feel like that at all anymore so it just shows the journey that I’ve been on.’
