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Social Anxiety Disorders In 'Silver Linings Playbook'

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In the movie, “Silver Linings Playbook”, there are several anxiety disorders including OCD, Bipolar, Social Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD. Pat Jr. suffers from Bipolar, Depression, Social Anxiety and PTSD. Tiffany suffers from Depression and Social anxiety. Pat Sr. suffers from OCD. OCD, also know as, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder which is an anxiety disorder that is uncontrollable with everything you do, thoughts that are unwanted, and repetitive behaviors you feel you have to do. OCD causes the brain to get hung on a particular thought or urge. Some categories of OCD are the “Washers” who are afraid of germs. Cleaning and or washing their hands are their main compulsions. “Checkers” constantly check things, like to see if they turned off …show more content…

The people with OCD have either the obsessions part or the compulsive part, and if it’s really major, they have both. These thoughts and behaviors cause major distress, take up a lot of ones …show more content…

these situations may be so frightening that one gets anxious just thinking about them or go to great extremes to avoid people and these things. They have fears of being embarrassed in public, and that people will think badly about them or that they won’t measure up in comparison to others. Even though they probably realize that some of their fears are irrational or maybe even overblown, they still can’t help but feel anxious or nervous. This can all be because you happened to meet new people, got called on in class, were being watch while you’re doing something, and even going on a date with somebody. Some physical and emotional symptoms include flushing, shortness of breath, nausea, trembling or shaking in your hand, racing heart or tightness of the chest, hot flashes, feeling dizzy or fainting, excessive self-consciousness and anxiety in everyday events, worrying for days, weeks, and even months before something big happens, fear of being embarrassed by yourself, and that others will notice that you’re

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