PRE-PRODUCTION: 14th February:Script Development

My Sources

http://www.healthyplace.com/insight/quotes/quotes-on-anxiety/

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/anxiety.html

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/ocd

http://themighty.com/2015/10/l7-quotes-that-prove-ocd-ls-so-much-more-than-being-neat/

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/eating-disorders

http://thoughtcatalog.com/erin-cossetta/2013/12/25-heartbreaking-quotes-that-explain-what-having-an-eating-disorder-is-like/

Quotes from people living with OCD

I get unwanted thoughts all through the day, which is very distressing and affects my ability to interact with others and concentrate on my studies and work.





Getting ready for each day involves so much hand washing, mental rituals, and doing things in the same order everyday... Sometimes, I feel like staying in bed and avoiding the day.




OCD means that I miss out on things because I [stay in] to try to protect myself from the stress. It’s sunny outside and I want to go out, but I know I probably won't.






Obsessions are unwelcome thoughts, images, urges or doubts that repeatedly appear in your mind; for example, thinking that you have been contaminated by dirt and germs, or experiencing a sudden urge to hurt someone.






These obsessions are often frightening or seem so horrible that you can’t share them with others. The obsession interrupts your other thoughts and makes you feel very anxious.




"I couldn't do anything without rituals. They invaded every aspect of my life. Counting really bogged me down. I would wash my hair three times as opposed to once because three was a good luck number and one wasn't. It took me longer to read because I'd count the lines in a paragraph. When I set my alarm at night, I had to set it to a number that wouldn't add up to a 'bad' number."






"Getting dressed in the morning was tough, because I had a routine, and if I didn't follow the routine, I'd get anxious and would have to get dressed again. I always worried that if I didn't do something, my parents were going to die. I'd have these terrible thoughts of harming my parents. I knew that was completely irrational, but the thoughts triggered more anxiety and more senseless behavior. Because of the time I spent on rituals, I was unable to do a lot of things that were important to me."






"I knew the rituals didn't make sense, and I was deeply ashamed of them, but I couldn't seem to overcome them until I got treatment."






“I put gloves on before I put gloves on, so I don’t get my gloves dirty.” 

Quotes from people living with Anxiety

"It's like when you trip and the moment where you don't know if you are going to catch yourself or not is how I feel all day long."

"The feeling you get when you tap your pocket to get your wallet, and it is not there, but all the time" 
"I've always thought of it more like when you see police lights in your rearview and you know you did something worthy to get a ticket"

Eating disorder

"The headache. Constant pounding, all day long, even in your dreams. If I ever needed to take my pulse, I wouldn't have to touch my wrist. I could simply count the heartbeats in my temples.


"Then there is the feeling of constant lightheadedness combined with a spacey am I really here? feeling of disconnection. Dizzy spells from time to time, but you learn to anticipate and manage them."