Question

In the movie the aviator, actor leonardo dicaprio portrayed the life of legendary director and aviator, howard hughes. during his lifetime, hughes became enormously wealthy. but despite his wealth, hughes couldn't escape the mental illness that gripped and tormented the last years of his life. in one scene, hughes walks into the men's room but then is unable to leave because of the germs on the doorknob. in another scene, hughes is shown unable to eat his meal because the different foods on the plate have shifted and are touching each other. if hughes were alive today, he would be diagnosed with:

Answer 1

Answer: PTSD

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Answer 2

If Hughes were alive today, he would be diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive disorder.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hughes was obsessed by the threat of microbial infections of food and its environment, and reacted by avoiding contact with possible sources of dirt and the constant washing of hands. Typical of the OCD sufferers, he could not stop repeating again and again certain phrases that came to his mind.

Hughes' OCD was not treated: he simply became an inmate and died largely from hunger - at 71 years of age - alone in a room at the Acapulco Princess Hotel in Mexico, with the windows and door sealed with masking tape.