The Way Melvin Gets Behaved

In the film, obsessive-compulsive disorders is portrayed negatively at the onset of the film. The way Melvin behaved, the way that he would treat people would show the audience that having a mental disorder such as OCD is a bad thing. Towards the middle of the film and to the end of the film, Melvin has to take care of his neighbor’s dog, Verdell, this is when Melvin tries stop his repetitive locking of the door. He still got really anxious and continued to lock the door five times but he gave it a try, which was the first time in the entire film that Melvin was willing to help himself. When Melvin was out with the dog, the dog began to act like Melvin by jumping over cracks on the ground. Melvin told the dog, not to be like him, this demonstrates that Melvin knows that what he is doing is abnormal.

He began taking his medication, which he swore he would never do. He housed his neighbor since he did not have a place to stay, and on that day, his mind was so preoccupied with Carol that he forgot to lock the door five times. The last scene of the film is Melvin over coming one of his greatest fears; stepping on a crack on the floor. Once he stepped on it he realized nothing happened so his obsessions slowly diminished. This is when the movie sees obsessive-compulsive disorder in a positive light, something that can he treated with help and love. The film does a really well job at depicting a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder. All of the rituals performed fit the criteria of OCD in the DSM-V, his compulsions being time consuming were also significant and were well