7.6 /10 1 Votes
8.2/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 17 First episode date 29 May 2009 Production company Tijuana Entertainment | 6.9/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of seasons 2 Camera setup Multi-camera Final episode date 30 August 2010 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Executive producer(s) Troy Searer (Tijuana Entertainment)
John Foy (Tijuana Entertainment)
Rob LePlante (Tijuana Entertainment)
Robert Sharenow (A&E Entertainment)
Scott Lonker (A&E Entertainment) Genres Reality television, Documentary film Similar Hoarders, Hoarding: Buried Alive, Intervention, Steven Seagal: Lawman, After the First 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obsessed is an American documentary series that began airing on the A&E Network on May 29, 2009. The series depicts the real-life struggle and treatment of people with anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and general anxiety disorder.
Contents
Robert Sharenow of A&E has said about the show "The series sheds a light on the vast world of anxiety disorders, while offering those who suffer from these debilitating afflictions a path to recovery..."
Critical reaction
Variety's online review of the show is mixed. It refers to the first half of the show as "providing a kind of voyeuristic carnival element" but later on in the review states that the producers make the show "mostly about the pain and loneliness of such disorders; it's not strictly a freak show".
Website PopMatters' review of the show concludes with saying the show "falls short" which "has to do both with the complexity of these conditions and its own limited, conventional means of conveying subjective states. "
Format
The first portion of each episode is dedicated to showing how each subject is affected by their disorder. The second portion of each episode shows the subjects undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy to treat their disorder.