According to the Anxiety Disorder Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older. Obsessed examines the lives of these everyday people imprisoned by unmanageable, repetitive behaviors and sometimes debilitating fear while documenting their struggles – whether it’s OCD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, hoarding, or a variety of phobias – and their process of rehabilitation. By using cognitive behavioral therapy, each subject is taught how to understand the thought process which contributes to his or her symptoms and is coached on how to change these thought patterns, manage their anxiety and avoid the resulting debilitating compulsions. Capturing their radically affected home life, the dramatic one-on-one sessions with the doctor, and the patients’ courageous attempts to defeat their debilitating condition, the show tracks the individuals’ stories from start to finish, ending with a final visit several weeks after therapy is complete to see if they have conquered their disorder or if the obsession still lingers.