Many of us have obsessions and these obsessions are short-lived.

They don't really take on a mind of their own and we kind of go from one to the next.

For example, the latest obsession is Taylor Swift and trying to get to her concert, which costs something like a

bajillion dollars to get tickets or you just have to be someone special.

And if you look at social media, people share many of their obsessions, things like

Legos, which is an obsession of mine, or playing video games, or collecting this or that.

And for the most part, these obsessions do not interfere with people's day-to-day functioning,

and in some ways these are almost considered hobbies except for the whole

Taylor Swift thing. I've seen people on Tik-Tok have meltdowns when they

realize they can't go to the concert and I've seen equally effective meltdowns

for those who are at the concerts but we're going to leave all the

swifties alone because the music is pretty awesome. But what about people whose

obsessions get in the way of their day-to-day functioning? And what if those

obsessions lead to anxiety? What if those obsessions lead to them having compulsions? I think you see which way I'm going here.

Many of you, many many years ago around 1997, probably saw the movie as good as it gets with Jack Nicholson.

And in that, he was playing Melvin Udall,

who has obsessive compulsive disorder.

The character only uses soap bars to wash his hands once.

He dislikes touching pets. He avoids stepping on

sideways while walking through the city and eats his breakfast at the same

table in the same restaurant at the same time. He even chases people away if they're at his table.

However, he takes an interest in his waitress Carol Connolly at the time, which is played by Helen Hunt,

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