Reaction Paper to What About Bob
What about Bob?
Reaction Paper The movie, What About Bob, was about a man who suffered from several psychological issues, in which he sought therapy from a psychiatrist. Bob, the main characters name, had many phobias as well as anxiety and social disorders. This caused Bob to seek constant attention from his psychiatrist, including lying to the operator saying that he was a detective to obtain his psychiatrist’s address.
Toward the end of the film Bob had a break through while his life was threatened. He realized that his mind was metaphorically tied in knots. While he was untying the physical knots he was in turn untying the knots in his mind. With this break through Bob was able to go back to school to become a psychiatrist.
In my analysis of the film “What about Bob”, the main character exhibited several psychological issues. The main three that I will be discussing will be bob’s fear of disease, general anxiety disorder, and his separation anxiety. These are just a few of his disorders that will be discussed if further detail.
To start off with, Bob clearly had a fear of disease. This is evident of his constant use of tissues to open doors, push elevator buttons, etc. during one particular scene, when Bob was tring to get in the elevator he showed signs of panic including cold sweats, in fact, he chose to avoid the elevator altogether and take the stairs. This leads me to the conclusion that bob has a Fear of disease, pathophobia, has several symptoms, such as feeling of panic, terror, and dread along with rapid heartbeat and extreme avoidance measures, just to name a few. In the movie bob showed several if not all of the above listed symptoms.
Next on the list was bob’s constant worrying about the possibility of his heart stopping and his bladder exploding. He was constantly was showing signs of being anxious and tense. These symptoms leads me to believe that bob was suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. When diagnosed with
Reaction Paper The movie, What About Bob, was about a man who suffered from several psychological issues, in which he sought therapy from a psychiatrist. Bob, the main characters name, had many phobias as well as anxiety and social disorders. This caused Bob to seek constant attention from his psychiatrist, including lying to the operator saying that he was a detective to obtain his psychiatrist’s address.
Toward the end of the film Bob had a break through while his life was threatened. He realized that his mind was metaphorically tied in knots. While he was untying the physical knots he was in turn untying the knots in his mind. With this break through Bob was able to go back to school to become a psychiatrist.
In my analysis of the film “What about Bob”, the main character exhibited several psychological issues. The main three that I will be discussing will be bob’s fear of disease, general anxiety disorder, and his separation anxiety. These are just a few of his disorders that will be discussed if further detail.
To start off with, Bob clearly had a fear of disease. This is evident of his constant use of tissues to open doors, push elevator buttons, etc. during one particular scene, when Bob was tring to get in the elevator he showed signs of panic including cold sweats, in fact, he chose to avoid the elevator altogether and take the stairs. This leads me to the conclusion that bob has a Fear of disease, pathophobia, has several symptoms, such as feeling of panic, terror, and dread along with rapid heartbeat and extreme avoidance measures, just to name a few. In the movie bob showed several if not all of the above listed symptoms.
Next on the list was bob’s constant worrying about the possibility of his heart stopping and his bladder exploding. He was constantly was showing signs of being anxious and tense. These symptoms leads me to believe that bob was suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. When diagnosed with