After Jason Padgett was violently attacked by two men on September 2002, his life completely changed in a way he never expected. The former futon salesman from Alaska was robbed by two men outside a karaoke bar, with one man smashing him in the back of his head. He managed to escape to a nearby hospital where doctors told him he had a concussion alongside a bleeding kidney.
Jason was sent home after being given a shot of pain relief. However, once he was home, Jason's behaviour started to change in a strange way. It turned out he had a traumatic brain injury, which can bring on obsessive compulsive disorder - OCD .
Read more: Math teacher burst into tears after learning why students keep calling him a 'goat' The genius has written a book about his experience ( Image: © Jason Padgett) For him, it meant becoming increasingly scared of the outside world , only stepping foot outside to stock up on food. He told the BBC: "I just remember nailing blankets and towels over all the windows in the house..
. I remember actually using this spray foam and gluing the front door shut." The OCD also made him terrified of germs, which affected his daughter who would come to stay with him amidst custody negotiations with his ex-partner.
He said: "When she would come over I would obsessively wash my hands and clean. The very first thing I would want to do is get her shoes off, get her into clean clothes, wash her hands." While Jason was suffering from the difficult consequences of OCD, he also .
