Brief Movie Psychology
The stressors that Charlie was facing
In the movie, there are two main stressors that Charlie was facing, which are the interpersonal relationship in school and the sexual abuse in his childhood.
First of all, to start with the interpersonal relationship. After Charlie's best friend committed suicide in 8th grade, he became depressed and admitted into a mental health care institution for a while. After the discharge, he started his high school life with no friends. Charlie desires to have new friends, and finally, he been accepted by Sam and Patrick. Charlie values his friendship. When his friendship taken a turn to the worse side, he sank back into depression and started to experience flashbacks of his Aunt Helen. In this movie, this is …show more content…
In this case, Charlie was being sexually abused by his aunt Helen when since he was five years old. However, since Charlie was very young at that moment and also Helen was the only one who remembers to give him a gift on his birthday, the relationship between Charlie and Helen was very strong. Therefore, according to the 5 Stages of Grief (Axelrod, 2017), Charlie has experienced the first stage, which is denial and isolation. He chose to forget everything about the abuse and made himself believe Helen was perfect and was the only person who truly understanding him. Also, Charlie blamed himself for the death of his …show more content…
(Yehuda et al., 2015) In this case, Charlie experienced many times of flashback, especially when Sam touched Charlie's thigh, he started to realize he was being abused by his aunt as he was a child. The condition got worse when his friends left, Charlie finally remembered all the detail of the trauma, and he had an emotional breakdown and attempted to suicide.
Also, the patient with PTSD may try to avoiding places, activities or people that remind them of the trauma. (ADAA,2016) For example, if the patient experienced drowning and suffering PTSD, he or she may avoid to swim and get close to the sea or swimming pool. In this case, Charlie being sexually abused by his aunt, therefore, when Sam caressed his leg, it remained him to his aunt touching. Therefore, Charlie got shocked and showed his refuse to the
In the movie, there are two main stressors that Charlie was facing, which are the interpersonal relationship in school and the sexual abuse in his childhood.
First of all, to start with the interpersonal relationship. After Charlie's best friend committed suicide in 8th grade, he became depressed and admitted into a mental health care institution for a while. After the discharge, he started his high school life with no friends. Charlie desires to have new friends, and finally, he been accepted by Sam and Patrick. Charlie values his friendship. When his friendship taken a turn to the worse side, he sank back into depression and started to experience flashbacks of his Aunt Helen. In this movie, this is …show more content…
In this case, Charlie was being sexually abused by his aunt Helen when since he was five years old. However, since Charlie was very young at that moment and also Helen was the only one who remembers to give him a gift on his birthday, the relationship between Charlie and Helen was very strong. Therefore, according to the 5 Stages of Grief (Axelrod, 2017), Charlie has experienced the first stage, which is denial and isolation. He chose to forget everything about the abuse and made himself believe Helen was perfect and was the only person who truly understanding him. Also, Charlie blamed himself for the death of his …show more content…
(Yehuda et al., 2015) In this case, Charlie experienced many times of flashback, especially when Sam touched Charlie's thigh, he started to realize he was being abused by his aunt as he was a child. The condition got worse when his friends left, Charlie finally remembered all the detail of the trauma, and he had an emotional breakdown and attempted to suicide.
Also, the patient with PTSD may try to avoiding places, activities or people that remind them of the trauma. (ADAA,2016) For example, if the patient experienced drowning and suffering PTSD, he or she may avoid to swim and get close to the sea or swimming pool. In this case, Charlie being sexually abused by his aunt, therefore, when Sam caressed his leg, it remained him to his aunt touching. Therefore, Charlie got shocked and showed his refuse to the