Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized as people who are instable‚ have poor impulse control‚ instability in mood‚ interpersonal relationships and self-image. People with BPD tend to have strong emotions‚ intense rage and mood swings. For some of these symptoms‚ the character of Elsa from the famous Disney movie Frozen came to mind. The character‚ though understandable‚ shows many symptoms of BPD. From an early age‚ Elsa sees herself as different‚ even though she is‚ and her families
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Self-injury Self-injury is a behavior in which people deliberately harm their own bodies in some way to cope with overwhelming emotions. Self-injury frequently is an impulsive act. You may become upset and spontaneously seek a way to hurt yourself‚ recklessly doing damage to their body. Other times‚ self-injury may be inflicted in a controlled‚ methodical manner. You may even plan it in advance‚ taking steps to avoid detection and to prevent infections. This act of behavior is not an attempt
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Susanna Kaysen is the author of Girl Interrupted‚ her memoirs that explore a two-year period that she spent as a patient in a mental institution for young women. Split into three sections‚ mind versus brain‚ the clinical definition of a borderline personality disorder‚ and her diagnosis‚ her memoirs serve as an argument against her clinical diagnosis. In "Mind vs. Brain" we are given a layman’s introduction to psychology. Kaysen‚ through the use of various writing techniques‚ explains to the average
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Girl Interrupted and Suicide By: Kimberly Polly English 102 Section 1 Professor Diane Emmolo 8/12/06 Outline: I. Brief Film Synopsis II. Suicide statistics a.) men vs. women b.) suicide rates for ages III. Thesis Personal feelings caution IV. Causes V. Treatments a.) types VI. Facts signs VII. Conclusion Kimberly Polly English 102 Research Paper Girl Interrupted and Suicide The 1999 Oscar winning film Girl Interrupted starring Angelina Jolie is based on
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Girl Interrupted (1999) is a film depicting a youthful female in the 1960s battling with the instability of her own emotional sickness (Mangold‚ (n.d.)). With the influence of her parents‚ Susanna Kayson concedes herself into a psychiatric and is later determined to have Borderline Personality Disorder. Her fight demonstrates that those agonies from a psychiatric disorder may not generally meet the cliché picture depicted by the overall population. Other characters in this film did a fabulous depiction
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Film Review “Girl‚ Interrupted” Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder‚ which is under the large umbrella of metal disorders. BPD is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods‚ interpersonal relationships‚ self-image‚ and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life‚ long-term planning‚ and the individual’s sense of self-identity. However‚ according to Susanna Kaysen‚ doesn’t everyone have some of these symptoms every once
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One popular cultural myth about the mentally ill is the archetype of the "Sexy Crazy Girl"‚ which we’ve seen in movies‚ comic books‚ and music. Losing your grip with reality is not a glamorous subject‚ but that’s not what you get from Girl‚ Interrupted. It is apparent that all the girls in the movie had some type of dysfunctional personality‚ and bad things happen to some of them‚ but it just did not seem realistic. First off‚ most of the patients prtrayed were young‚ which made the care facility
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Even though mercury posing does not indefinitely lead to Borderline Personality Disorder they both share parallels. E Medical Health states that the effects of mercury poising are described as mood swings‚ nervousness‚ irritability‚ other emotional changes‚ and decreased cognitive functions. Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms are antisocial behavior‚ compulsive behavior‚ hostility‚ impulsivity‚ irritability‚ risky behavior‚ self-destructive
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The movie Girl‚ Interrupted is based on the book Girl‚ Interrupted‚ by Susanna Kaysen. I would like to say that it is loosely based because although the actress‚ Winona Ryder‚ does portray Kaysen’s borderline personality‚ it seems that Angelina Jolie‚ who is Lisa Rowe in the movie‚ steals the spotlight. Girl‚ Interrupted is about a young girl who is put into the mental ward after an attempted suicide which she claims she was basically trying to leave a lot of stress she had from various experiences
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turn. From the surface‚ Annie may only appear as an old lady who was obsessed with a celebrity‚ but Annie’s issues are much more complex than that.Annie shows severe symptoms of bipolar disorder‚ borderline personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.Annie begins to display symptoms of bipolar disorder as a few days have passed since she had rescued author Paul Sheldon. While nursing him back to health‚ Annie expresses how she is Paul’s number one fan. It becomes apparent that Annie does
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