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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 “GirlInterruptedBorderline 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 GirlInterrupted. 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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    Girl Interrupted Charecter Analysis Suzanne Borderline personality disorder is characterized by intense shifts in mood. This is often accompanied by periods of intense aggression‚ substance abuse‚ and self damaging behaviors. People with borderline personality disorder will sometimes attempt suicide impulsively in periods of extreme depression or anger. Often times people with borderline personality disorder feel extremely bored‚ empty‚ mistreated and alone. Intense feelings of loneliness usually

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    The movie GirlInterrupted is based on the book GirlInterrupted‚ 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. GirlInterrupted 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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    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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    Soaked‚ little‚ and naked is how the viewer finds Susanna in the middle of GirlInterrupted. Or rather‚ soaked‚ little‚ naked‚ and hysterical. A state James Mangold utilizes to further illustrate his message. The film serves as a vehicle for Mangold to discuss madness and the society it exists within. Valerie‚ the asylum’s registered nurse‚ throws Susanna‚ the film’s suicidal protagonist‚ into a tub filled with water in order to snap Susanna out of her depressed state. Susanna lashes out at Valerie

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    The movie Girl Interrupted is set in 1967. It is about an 18 year old young lady named Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was not encouraged by her parents to be an individual and she surprises them when she tells them that she does not want to attend college but would rather peruse her passion of being an independent writer. Susanna ingested an entire bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka and claimed that she was just trying to get rid of a headache. After the attempted suicide‚ Susanna self admits herself

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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 disorderborderline 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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    Girl Interrupted Rating: “R” for strong language and content related to drugs‚ sexuality and suicide Main actors/actresses: Winona Ryder (Susanna Kaysen)‚ Angelina Jolie (Lisa Rowe)‚ Clea DuVall (Georgina Tuskan) Directed By: James Mangold‚ Alex Rubin Production Studio: Columbia TriStar Picture Group Psychology Terms in GirlInterrupted: Depression: A state of low mood and aversion to activity‚ a class of mental illness.(Pages 380-381‚ 400‚ Chapter

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