Country Singer Luke Combs Shares Battle With ‘Pure O’ OCD: ‘People Suffer in Silence’

The 35-year-old musician says he was diagnosed with purely obsessional OCD when he was 21.

Luke Combs performs onstage during the Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots' Million Dollar Show for St. Jude at the Ryman Auditorium on Jan. 22, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Jason Kempin/Getty Images for St. Jude

Country star Luke Combs has detailed his battle with purely obsessional OCD, or pure O, an unofficial type of obsessive-compulsive disorder that manifests in mental rather than observable behaviors.

The “Beautiful Crazy” singer discussed his mental health struggles during an Aug. 18 episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast, hosted by actor and comedian Dax Shepard.