Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is Johnny Depp Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
A: Johnny Depp Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (or JDOCD) is an illness that causes people to have thoughts (obsessions) about the actor and to repeat certain behaviors (compulsions) associated with Johnny Depp over and over and over. Everyone has certain behaviors and habits that are routine (i.e., brushing our teeth, washing our hands), but people with JDOCD have patterns of behavior that consume their daily lives and disrupt their normal routine.
Q: What are obsessions?
A: Obsessions are thoughts, ideas, or images of Johnny Depp that run through the sufferer’s mind night and day, often uncontrollably. Sometimes these images or thoughts come only once in a while and are only mildly distracting. However, most of the time, the person with JDOCD will have obsessive thoughts about Johnny all the time.
Q: What are compulsions?
A: Sufferers of JDOCD seem compelled to repeat certain actions or behaviors. For instance a person with JDOCD will watch Johnny Depp movies again and again. This can prove extremely expensive with first-run movies. Most sufferers will not wait for the film to make it to the dollar theaters, they must see every movie on the very first day of release, and then repeat the behavior until the film has left the theater. Frequently the sufferer will spend hours browsing the internet and downloading pictures of Johnny.
Often the person with JDOCD will have literally dozens of photos that are very similar (i.e. screencaps from movies, where the photos are saved frame by frame from the film). The sufferer is compelled to subscribe to entertainment industry periodicals or People or US magazines, to purchase every book written about the actor, or books associated with upcoming projects. In addition, the sufferer often adopts the “look” of Johnny by wearing jean dangles, leather wrist straps, medallions or skull rings.
Q: How common is JDOCD?
A: For many years the disorder was not diagnosed (See Origins), the actual number of sufferers was unknown because use of the internet was not as prevalent, individuals could not find fellow-sufferers or link up with groups of sufferers. Some recent studies show that as many as 15 million people may sufferer from some form of JDOCD. Age groups vary (some as young as 13 or as old as 75), but it has been determined that the median age of the sufferer seems to be between the ages of 35-50. While there are rare cases of men suffering from the disorder, overwhelmingly JDOCD is a feminine disease.
Q: What causes JDOCD?
A: The exact pathophysiologic process that underlies JDOCD has not been established. But it is basically...JOHNNY DEPP...duh.
Q: Are other illnesses associated with JDOCD?
A: Yes, the most prevalent being CJSOCD (Captain Jack Sparrow Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) and POTCOCD (Pirates of the Caribbean Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).
More infrequent -- but just as insidious -- are ESOCD, B&JOCD, SHOCD, DJDMOCD, SWOCD, WEGGOCD, OUATIMOCD, F&LILVOCD, ADOCD, DBOCD, MWCOCD, LILMOCD, COCD, TBOCD, FHOCD, BOCD, DMOCD, TAWOCD, TNGOCD, FNOCD, CATCFOCD (a newly-emerging disorder), among others.
You may want to be on guard for a reported new OCD associated with Johnny Depp. This one may very well turn out to be the most hard-core off shoot of this illness to date....TLOCD, which may start rearing it's head at any moment, depending on the release of a certain film that has been highly anticipated and has caused more women to go into spasms and convulsions, before they've even seen the movie, than any other JD film prior to this. The cause of the convulsions, it might be noted, has more to do with the lack of access to this film, than the actual movie itself.
Q: How is JDOCD treated?
A: Please refer to our 12-Step JDOCD Program and Deprogramming pages.
N. Sorenson