Eddie Murphy on His Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Eddie Murphy knows he has layers.

The Shrek star recently got candid about his journey with what he’s described as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)—which can feature a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears leading to repetitive behaviors, or compulsions—and how he can trace his obsessive behaviors back to his childhood.

“I didn’t know what it was,” Eddie explained in his new Netflix documentary Being Eddie . “I would go and check the stove in the kitchen and make sure all the gas was off in the kitchen. And I’d lay down for about, you know, five minutes, and I would get back up and go back in the kitchen and look at the stove again and check all the gas, and then I’d go back in the bed and lay there for about five, 10 minutes and then get back up and go look at it.”