The Door in the Floor

Does any of the characters manefest a paraphilic disorder?

Writer Ted Cole tells his daughter Ruth, referring to her brothers, "Tom and Timmy are alive in your imagination."
Ruth: ”It makes me sad to think about them.” (0:03)

Student Edward’s father, referring to Tom and Timmy: "Edward, don’t be nervous because he’s famous... See if there’s a method to his madness..." (0:06)

Ruth: "Daddy, I had a dream." (0:07)

Dr. Loomis tells Ted, "Don’t worry about me." (0:13)

Movie poster: The Shape of Things (0:23)

Ted tells Eddie, referring to Ruth, "She gets anxious if she can’t see them or if they get moved."
”Ruthie had a dream.” (0:25)

Ted tells Eddie, "In the event of a custody dispute, regarding which one of us is a more fit parent." (0:50)

Eddie tells Ruth, "You know, maybe it was just a dream." (0:55)

Ted tells Marion, referring to Ruth, "She had a bad dream." (0:57)

Marion tells Eddie, referring to Ted, "You should make a fist, and punch him in the nose. If you punch him in the nose, he’ll stop." (1:08)

Ted’s model Evelyn Vaughn tells her gardener Eduardo, referring to Ted "You warned him, you disgusting cretin." (1:13)

Ted slaps Eddie in the face, then Eddie punches Ted.
Ted: ”If she thinks she’s got a rat’s ass of a chance to get custody of Ruth, she’s got another think coming.”
Eddie: ”She doesn’t expect to get custody of Ruth.”
Ted: ”What kind of mother doesn’t even try to get custody of her daughter?” (1:24)

Ted tells Eddie, referring to Marion, "Cannot believe she doesn’t want custody of her own daughter." (1:29)

Ted tells Eddie, referring to his son’s Timmy and Tommy, "He was a more patient driver than Thomas."
Eddie: “You were drunk.”
Ted's description of their sons' deaths as traumatic for both parents: ”... Marion said that Ted was drunk... Marion, while not drunk... Tommy was killed by the steering column... died instantly, and Ted was trapped in the back seat... Timothy Cole bled to death... Marion realized that Timmy was gone, too...” (1:33)