As Good As It Gets Movie Analysis

In the Borkovec & Roemer paper an issue that was raised was that there is a benefit to worrying behavior. One benefit was that subject viewed worrying as a way to prepare in the event negative events do occur, a way of warding off negative events from happening, and patients who were categorized as having General Anxiety Disorder used worrying as a way to distract themselves from other greater emotional problems. This could have effects on treatment because it provides a focus on what therapies should work on. A detrimental behavior will continue as long as it is serving some benefit to the client, and by identifying some of the benefits therapy can be tailored to target more effective coping strategies to achieve the same results. In the case of using worrying as a distraction from other emotional problems, therapy aimed at processing past emotional traumas and dealing with those issues can be engaged and can therefore take care of the anxiety as a secondary concern. By highlighting the positive effects of worry and anxiety,
Mr. Udall was far from being happy, although he tried to portray that he was. He took his frustrations and anxiety out on those around him, without necessarily meaning to. I think the movie did a great job in showing that living with this disorder is a struggle for the patient as well as those around them. The movie did a good job in showing the constant planning and rearranging of life it takes to barely functions with OCD as well as the extreme lengths it takes for a attempt at a normal life. The scene where Mr. Udall realizes that he forgot to lock the door, and the scene where he explains that he has begun taking his medication are powerful in that it shows the relief he felt at not being bogged down by his rituals and the struggle he was willing to overcome at the thought of being able to receive some