Blog Post 6
The "othered" community I am choosing to research are people who suffer from OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). OCD is a anxiety disorder characterized by redundant thoughts and repetitive actions. This is a common type of anxiety and it effects many people. I am choosing this disorder because I find it very interesting. I have learned about this disease in several different psychology classes over the years. Approximately 2.3 percent of people are effected by OCD, and I would enjoy learning more about those who suffer from it.
There are so many text out there about this specific disorder. I want to mainly focus on texts from this othered community because I think it would be hard for people who are not diagnosed with this disorder to provide much information. There is a show on Netflix called "Obsessed" which follows the lives of many people with OCD. I definitely want to include some of what I've seen from that show into my paper. Beyond that, there are many other resources out there for my disposal. I don't have a clear plan set for this assignment thus far, but I think it'll be an interesting experience to learn more about something that interests me.
Hi Caitlin,
ReplyDeleteI think you have some great thoughts percolating about this assignment! I'm curious in particular about the show you mention. This is exactly the kind of thing that is perfect for this assignment! The tricky part, however, will be deciding when the group (the people featured on the show) are representing themselves and when they are being represented by others. I say this because even though I assume you see the people talking, by virtue of being on the show there are editors who are crafting a story out of what the people are saying and doing… It's sort of the nature of any reality TV show. Also you'll want to pick specific segment of the TV show to look at — may be the promo or commercials for it — because even entire episodes will give you way too much text to try to analyze. I think it could be also really interesting to look at some sort of writing by people with OCD and possibly compare it to how the people on the TV show are representing themselves and the disorder. This project is ripe for all kinds of cool work!