Comments on: I’m Not Obsessed With "Obsessed"

By: isolde-roblis

isolde-roblis — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:57:19 +0000

Haven’t seen a show (no cable) but..yep, I’m with ya. You can’t go from abject fear–to being fixed in 6 amazing weeks…or even 12-amazing weeks. Frikkin hell, I’m not fixed yet & I’ve been YEARS–thru dr’s & shrinks. Yep, must be all in my head…and my head is ready to take a knife to my shrink next visit & see if THEY saw the show. (not really) but shit? What the hell kind of show is this????

By: The Promo Homo

The Promo Homo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:12 +0000

Can I just say I'm watching it for the first time and I hate being reminded of my really bad episodes of OCD that I've had in my life...

I still have it mildly on a day to day, but nothing nearly as bad as how I was growing up.

It's weird as fuck being able to identify with these people... I gotta say...

By: Red

Red — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:00:06 +0000

Didja write them a letter yet? Go get 'em! I agree!

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:19:36 +0000

The show would be much better if they focused on a small handful of people, and showed their progress throughout the whole series.

By: AlwaysArousedGirl

AlwaysArousedGirl — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:42:10 +0000

I watch this too and some of the same things have bothered me. The part with the knife gave me cold chills.

There's a lot of material for the show to cover in an hour. Right now they seem to take more time showing the symptoms than the treatment, which I suppose makes sense. Watching someone shower with a toothbrush (crikey!) is more interesting viewing than watching the same person take a ten-minute shower without freaking out.

By: Kivrin

Kivrin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:13:53 +0000

I had high hopes for the show, but I'm bothered by it, too. I was hoping the show would focus equally on the realities of both (a) the symptoms these people deal with and (b) the elements of CBT. But that doesn't seem to be the case. I still watch the show, just because I'm an aspiring psychologist with an interest in impulse control disorders…but it definitely isn't living up to my (admittedly high) standards.

By: Nolens Volens

Nolens Volens — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:46:20 +0000

Ah...I did look at the show briefly but decided it wasn't for me. I have a touch of CDO. It's just like OCD, but in alphabetical order. Yes, that's a joke and yes, my friends who have OCD like that joke. One even goes around saying "I have CDO". LOL

The point was, I thought the show focused on the extreme end and I wasn't interested. Didn't stick around for the so-called therapy. I would've thought it was irresponsible of A&E too.

Why don't you send off a letter to A&E?