Criminal Minds - 1x02 - extreme manifestation of ocd

REID: The unsub is not a classical serial arsonist. He's someone who uses fire because of a completely different disorder.

GIDEON: Which is?

REID: An extreme manifestation of OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder.

REID: There's a form of OCD called scrupulosity.

HOTCHNER: Religious obsession and compulsion.

REID: An obsessive fear of committing sin, which creates so much anxiety that he's compelled to do something to ease that anxiety.

HOTCHNER: Like setting fires.

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• spencer
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• gideon
• hotch
• morgan
• jj

[Gaaraloverr1]

@KaseytheJudge

Yes! :D

[KaseytheJudge]

@Gaaraloverr1 True, the later episodes focus more on different types of obsessions - like with people, etc - and it does improve the show.

Religion is an important factor in relation to crimes but it's not the only one and it's good that the show is starting to show that more :)

[Gaaraloverr1]

@KaseytheJudge

Very true! Religion is a big factor of many people's lives and would make the cases in this show easier to create. However, I was trying to say that the show portrays Christianity a lot. So, I prefer the newer episodes because they came up with more ideas instead of just sticking to plain religion.

[KaseytheJudge]

@Gaaraloverr1 Christianity is one of the main religions world-wide, it's up there with Islam and Hinduism in terms of the number of people who practise it on some level. Because of that, there is a significant number of cases where "The Devil" "God" "Angels" "Demons" and "Sins" are an underlying cause for the behaviours that the show depicts.

It's not that the show is Christian in so much as the types of people they 'portray' have Christian ideologies that they add to their delusions etc.

[looneyngilo2]

@thejodesta Compulsion can be religious and religion can be compulsive, and then the 2 can become scrupulosity if the person has OCD. Otherwise, they are just intense experiences... I suffer from OCD, but not scrupulosity (though my obsessions can be about fearing committing a sin, and I am Christian). A nice book about it (funny, short, also dealing with other effects of OCD and with religion) is Devil in the Details by Jenny Traig.

[Gaaraloverr1]

@cazia9

Yeah, I know that it talks about other religions, but there are lots of Christian based things :)

[cazia9]

@Gaaraloverr1

it does appear that way, but i also think it remains neutral...you should look up s2 episode when Gideon, Prentiss and Reid go to Git-Mo to interview a jihadist prisoner...the conversation between gideon and the prisoner is quite compelling

[PurpleHillSeeker]

ocd comes in different forms, it's an impulse control issue like dermatillomania which is the unconcious mutilation of the skin, I have that, I don't have to have things in certain order like other OCD manifestations, I do like washing my hands multiple times and I keep alot of hand foam, because your fingernails are so dirty, no I cannot control it alot of the time I don't even know I'm doing it.

[Gaaraloverr1]

@lol2ph

Most of the episodes I've seen have some relation to "Sin" or "Devil" or "God" or something along those lines. It may just be an easy topic for them to base an episode on.

[lol2ph]

@Gaaraloverr1 whoa really? how?!