Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Essay

“Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to destroy” is a quote by Henri de Lubac that describes how stressful. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable, unwanted thoughts and repetitive, ritualized behaviors you feel compelled to perform. Obsessions are involuntary, seemingly uncontrollable thoughts, images, or impulses that occur over and over again in your mind and compulsions are behaviors or rituals that you feel driven to act out again and again. In the U.S., approximately 3.3 million people have OCD. OCD affects everybody in all races and ethnic groups. Suffering from OCD may cause person to feel isolated or helpless, and if it takes over completely it will make it impossible for someone to function normally in life/society.
In the movie “What About Bob”, Bob Wiley, the main character, has a lot of signs of OCD. Bob thinks he needs his psychologist who is named Dr, Leo Marvin to help him get rid of his compulsions. Leo Marvin is Bob’s greatest obsession because he stays with his family. One of Bob’s compulsions was before he would go out of his house, he would chant “I feel great, I feel wonderful”. Bob would walk sideways when he was on the sidewalk, he would use a Kleenex to turn the handle of the door, and he has difficulty breathing. The worst thing I found about his OCD was he divorces his wife because she likes Neil Diamond. Later on in the movie, Bob follows Leo Marvin while he is on vacation and meets his family. Leo frustrated with Bob tells him to go on vacation, so Bob does what he is told. In the end, Bob OCD goes away because his obsessions help Leo Marvin’s family become close again.
In the movie “As Good As it Gets”, Melvin Udall is a best-selling novelist and has OCD.   One his compulsions were that he eats breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant every day using plastic utensils. He was a clean-freak type of OCD, meaning that he would lock the door five times, turn on and off...