Thursday, 14 March 2013

OCD in Pop Culture

Hopefully by now you realize that OCD is a fairly common dissorder. It effects a wide range of people everyday, in all sorts of situations. Below are some examples of OCD in Hollywood and on your TV.

The hit HBO TV series "Girls" latest episode evolves around the main character Hannah's relapse into  OCD:
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The movie "The Aviator" staring Leonardo DiCaprio is the story of Howard Hughes and his life with OCD:
Going back even further in time to the iconic movie "As Good As It Gets" which was released in 1997. This movies stars Jack Nicholson, and portrays his complications with the disorder:

There are so many other examples not mentioned above, but Hollywood and TV are doing a good job at making their viewers aware of this disorder (in my personal opinion).

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