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This 7 page paper discusses OCD, its symptoms, treatment, and how non-sufferers view those who admit to having the disease. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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in general. Discussion In regard to the last point, one thing comes to mind immediately. The protagonist of the hugely successful TV show Monk suffers from OCD. In the series,
his condition is played for laughs, and Mr. Monk is shown as being able to not only live a successful life but solve challenging mysteries as well. The show makes
a joke out of his rituals and phobias, and in so doing paints an unrealistic picture of what OCD is like. It can be argued that since Monk is a
sympathetic character, the show might actually help people accept OCD, but its still being made a comic device, when in reality it is a serious illness. The "cardinal features of
the illness are excessive ruminations and associated behavioral rituals that the patient knows are irrational, yet are irresistible" (Wilkins, 2007, p. 50). Rituals may be as different as hand washing,
walking a certain path repeatedly, and so on. They may be minor inconveniences or so pronounced that they interfere with the sufferers life to such an extent that he or
she is incapacitated (Wilkins, 2007). Wilkins estimates that approximately 75% of all those with OCD can be helped, and restored to a meaningful life, though they may never be completely
free of the disease (Wilkins, 2007). Its important to recognize that OCD is different from the normal rituals people perform every day, such as "knocking on wood" for good luck,
arranging the desk in a particular way, or double-checking to see that the stove is off or the windows are locked before leaving (Giving up the secret, 1998). Compulsive behavior
like this is part of human nature, and is not an illness; however, the compulsive behaviors that characterize OCD are "a far cry from the predictable rituals we perform" (Giving
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