3. Anxiety Disorders
• Constant anxious feelings without reason
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Feels tense and uneasy
• Worry about many issues
• Phobia
• Persistent, irrational fear of an object, activity or situation
5. What About Bob? is a comedy film
starring Bill Murray and Richard
Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley,
an irritating patient who follows his
egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo
Marvin (Dreyfuss) on vacation.
When the unstable Bob befriends
the other members of Marvin's
family, it pushes the doctor over the
edge.
6. Bob Wiley is a good natured man with great work ethic, but
he suffers from multiple phobias and is divorced because
his ex-wife likes Neil Diamond. Despite regular therapy, he
makes little progress and is compelled to seek constant
reassurance from his therapists.
7. Due to Bob’s multiple phobias and his need to seek
constant reassurance from his therapists, he tracks down
his doctor who is vacationing with his family, driving his
doctor absolutely crazy.
A must see - What About Bob is a
hilarious comedy with many
psychology implications and
references. Check it out..
9. Anxiety Disorders
Bob Wiley has constant anxious feelings without reason throughout the movie and he is
nearly paralyzed in his ability to live a normal life
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Feels tense and uneasy
• Bob talks about and exhibits dry mouth, cold sweats, and nausea, and even panic
attacks
• Worries about many issues without reason
• Bob acts out different conditions he is fearful of having (heart attack, tourette’s -
syndrome, and more), and says if he’s faking it he must not have it
• He even has a fear of going out in public because if he can’t find a restroom his
bladder will explode
• Phobia
• Persistent, irrational fear of an object, activity or situation
• Bob fears almost everything, but appears to face a few and overcomes them,
such as sailing.
