Pink Mental Illness

The main character Pink, exhibit a number of behaviors that are indicative of a mood disorder. I would diagnose Pink with Bipolar 2 disorder due to the severity of the symptoms he suffers. The main symptoms observed are the character drug use, major depressive state, and his experiencing of hippomaniac episodes. In his depressive states, Pink doesn’t seem to take interest in anything, he has no interest in activities he once found pleasurable, he no longer has a desire for sex, and spends much of his time either incessantly watching television or contemplating death. During other points of the film Pink experiences hypomanic episodes which may be amplified by his drug use. His behavior is erratic and at times violent. He experiences insomnia
and also seems to have a sense of invincibility at times fueled by the cheering crowds. His mood during his episode can be described as irritable which is a common display of a depressive disorder amongst children and teenagers while pink is not a child or teenager I do believe that he may have never progressed emotionally beyond the level of someone much younger than he is.

Through hi flashbacks we witness the environmental roots that factor into his disorder. The loss of his father left him in the care of his over protective mother. The culture of his childhood had rigid standards and expectations of him to fit into a particular mold. The standards expected of pink by society were reinforced by abusive teachers. Though the authority figure teachers were universal to his peers and one would presume that this would enable a bond between himself and his peers, pink often felt a level of disconnection to his peers and was frequently singled out and humiliated in front of them by his teachers.