I'm here at the home of Lydia and Lori
and Dr. Phil has asked me to come to their house
and figure out what is going on.
They're coming Lori.
I'm really tired.
I know that.
I don't know how much longer I can hang on.
Nice to meet you, I'm Mike.
Oh hi, are they filming now?
They are, yeah.
I just want this done as soon as possible
so I can leave.
Yeah yeah yeah.
Good.
So tell me a little bit about you.
My mom keeps telling me that Dr. Phil
is the only person who can help me
because I want a very small life.
The only thing I wanna do is to fall in love again,
maybe have a few more friends,
have a home by the water.
What do you do day to day here?
I just visit with my mom and watch television.
I was in a common law marriage for 30 years
and my husband died seven years ago
and then I moved in with my mom.
And are you actively doing anything to meet men?
Not at the moment, no.
And when was the last time you did?
I haven't.
And what type of men do you like?
Like when you fall in love? Someone who's kind,
caring, child like.
The only thing I want is just to meet somebody and.
For sure and there's like over here's meeting someone
and then there's like all the steps to get there, right?
Because Amazon doesn't give those in delivery yet.
That's a bad joke, but.
I don't know what that means.
Amazon is a delivery service.
Oh okay.
You don't order anything off Amazon?
I don't have a computer, I don't want one and.
The TV serves its purpose.
Yes.
(laughing) Exactly.
So talk to me about what it's like to live with OCD.
The OCD affects me life by making me worry constantly
about everything.
Has it progressed for you?
It's gotten a little worse as I've gotten older.
What's worse today than maybe what was?
It just made me feel hopeless, scared.
Hopeless, okay. Yeah, sad.
I'm on some very serious medication
and if I don't get these medications every single day
I will die.
The whole intention of this is to help you,
not hurt you.
You know you need more connection with people, right?
But on the other hand, you have this part of you
that's like. I'm a very private person.
I like to be alone.
You say you watch TV, so what do you like
to watch on TV?
Laverne & Shirley.
I just constantly have the TV going.
Even if I don't watch it, it's on.
It's almost like a medicating.
Yeah.
If it would be nice to have more friends
and fall in love, what do you think
we'll need to shift?
Probably for me to get out of my room
and go places to make friends.
Yeah, 'cause unless there's a robbery
and someone comes in,
I don't know how you're gonna meet a man. (laughing)
And so we'll sit down with Dr. Phil
and talk about what decisions you need to make.
I mean like when I met my husband,
we fell in love right away
and I didn't need Dr. Phil's help to do that.
Well I think you're in a different spot now.
Can you tell me a little bit about
with your mom and sister's dynamic?
Well my mom basically has damaged me
by overprotecting me all my life.
My sister has always been judgmental
and has treated me very badly
because of my OCD and my depression.
What do you think it'll take to improve that?
I think they need to change.
And so we're gonna sit down with Dr. Phil,
present it to him, and see what he has to say.
Okay.
When Lori left the house,
she hobbled hunched over with her cane
and I got the impression that she really
takes on the role of being just so weak,
so sick, incapable, just overall
wanting to be left alone.
I just sat down with your daughter Lori.
What do you wish was different?
I wish that first of all,
my daughters were together in terms of
at least being able to be pleasant to one another
and maybe down the line
actually get to know each other and like each other.
And so if you could wave a magic wand,
what would things look like for Lori?
I think that Lori needs to be away from mom,
who is right here if she has a problem
and just can come upstairs.
In order to get well, she might have to
turn Laverne & Shirley off and do something for herself.
I'll go back to Dr. Phil and tell him what we spoke about.
I'll drink to that, Mike.
I'll fist bump it to that.
All right, there you go. All right.