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As Good As It Gets
I watched the movie As Good As It Gets. The movie was about an older man who was diagnosed with Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It portrayed his journey throughout the movie of his impulses, such as doing things in repetitions of 5 like turning on his lights, not stepping on cracks, crossing his feet before putting his slippers on, taking his own utensils to a restaurant, having the same waitress and table every day, and many others. His routine is interrupted by his neighbor’s dog moving in after his owner was beaten, and then again by his usual waitress not being at work due to her son being sick. Throughout these interruptions he starts getting better. When he was taking care of dog he forced himself to change seats in the restaurant
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