This is a documentary that follows a guy who has a very severe case of OCD when he sees an El Camino car. Since this is a real problem he has it shows how the OCD effects his life and causes him distress. How does this compare to the media depiction of Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory and his OCD?
Media depicts mental illness as a something that is funny or entertaining to other people. Recently there has been an increase of shows that are based on mental illness or other problems people have. Just a few examples are Hoarders, True Life, Obsessed, My Strange Addiction, and various others. The media says that mental illnesses are something that people should marvel at and be entertained by. The last clip is from a how that tries to show the real side of mental disorders and how distressing they are to people. This media message that mental illness is a joke is very disturbing. The media says it is okay to laugh at and watch people who are different from us for our own personal amusement. Media says these people are different, let's watch them and see how "strange" they act. Despite what media says mental illness is not something we should mock or find humor in.
Aside from just movies and television shows, mental illness can be seen through quotes and images on Pinterest and even on Twitter and Facebook. People will post statuses on Facebook about how depressed they are, how their OCD is showing, or how bi-polar their significant other is acting. Media has made it okay to use mental illnesses as adjectives to describe people. There are numerous posts that show something in the picture being out of order and the caption is about how it is killing their OCD senses. Below are just some pictures that show how else society and media see mental illness.
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