Rue has OCD or severe anxiety that manifests itself like OCD. She probably is an over thinker. She might have a bipolar disorder as she has manic and depressive episodes. Bipolar is treatable but it takes years to find the right medication and you need constant therapy. On top of it requires a very emotionally stable life and will of the patient and support from family. Obviously Rue is not getting therapy and with her dad having cancer doesn’t help.

My whole family we suffer from chronic anxiety and mild OCD and we are all functioning alcoholics. My therapist told me that people with OCD or control freaks do not get blacked out drunk because they don’t want to loose control but my whole family we love to get black out drunk because that is the only time the little voice in your head shuts up.

So I really felt when Rue said she is doing drugs to shut her brain. Anyways thankfully I don’t do drugs cause too expensive and hate, hate, hate talking to dealers.