Machine Man, The Movie: A Dramatic Telling of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Something is plaguing Ben Lyle's mind, causing him to have irrational, intrusive and often disturbing thoughts. His fears and anxieties that he may hurt someone - or worse, may already have hurt someone - are taking over his life. His mind is a broken machine, causing him to relive the same terrifying nightmare over and over again. So goes the plot of MACHINE MAN, an in-development movie that focuses on an individual with a disturbed mind. But Ben Lyle is not purely fictional. He is one of the estimated 2-3 million Americans - including the host of Justice, or Just Us? - who must live with intrusive thoughts caused by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). While much of popular culture pokes fun at OCD by portraying sufferers as mere eccentrics, OCD can be a debilitating, crippling mental illness that costs people their jobs, their friends, marriages, and sometimes, their lives. Writer/director Kellie Madison is out to correct misperceptions about OCD. Her film project MACHINE MAN uses dramatic fiction and suspense to portray the real suffering caused by OCD while telling a story of hope. My guest is Kellie Madison, writer/director of MACHINE MAN.