The purpose the publisher made this movie was because she wanted to recap on her life when she was put into a mental hospital. The “Girls Interrupted” by Susanna Kaysen was based on a true story about a girl who agrees to go to a hospital called McLean in Massachusetts. She voluntarily agreed to stay for two weeks but eventually ended up staying for about two years.
The reason she was put into the institution in the first place was because she tried to commit suicide by overdosing on Aspirins in high school. As well as being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She learns about herself that she is unhappy and not fond of herself. As her time in the hospital she met a woman named Lisa, throughout the movie she was mainly the leader to the other entire girls.
Lisa was diagnosed with as a sociopath and she was proud of that. She was pretty spontaneous and unpredictable. Throughout the movie she was the type to throw random tantrums and helped the other girls to plan escapes. She didn’t really like authority. Lastly Georgina was Susanna’s roommate she was always depressed.
She never really had a reaction to anything she would always be so cool calm and collective. In the movie they say she really wasn’t diagnosed with anything. Once Susanna felt comfortable and “at home” she finally began looking for a job outside of the hospital while doing that she wondered to what degree sexism and psychiatric fads influence the diagnoses. Later on in the movie Susanna came back to visit Mclean she came to see Georgina she was married. She also had seen Lisa, Lisa had a young child and she moved to the suburb.
As Psychology expands till this day, it’s become more specific and detailed. Psychology is relevant to Girl Interrupted because it deals with identity and another where many patients were being diagnosed with a disorder. This movie goes under psychological harassment and mind manipulation, mood disorders, and as well as personality disorders. Psychology harassment can also be referred to as emotional abuse or mental abuse. This leads to behavior problems and may result in psychological trauma. The scene when daisy committed suicide to me shows mind manipulation she listened and believe everything Lisa had to say.
Lisa got into Daisy head and Daisy just feeding into Lisa’s and doing everything she says that ended up to death. My other theory was personality disorder; I believe Gerogina is diagnosed with this. A pathological liar is someone who can’t help but lie constantly She was Susanna’s roommate she’s always depressed and unhappy basically emotionless. In the scene when Kaysen pours hot caramel on Georgina and she has/ shows no reaction.
I feel she has a compulsive lying disorder as well because she has a habit of lying. In the film she said “oh my dad is an FBI agent” when he really wasn’t. She didn’t really have a major role in the movie besides that. Towards the end she proved my theory to be correct that that’s what she has to begin with.
At the end of the movie, Susanna herself says that she is not sure whether she truly needed to go through what she did, how (or whether) she was sick, and what she needed to get better Kaysen believed diagnoses are often attributable to trends. She felt that every decade sees a popular diagnosis come and go. Through the beginning of the movie Susanna show us cuts on her arm that is a sign that she was feeling emptiness and boredom. She told the therapist she didn’t want to end up like her she didn’t want to go to college but that she wanted to pursue her career in journalism. In conclusion the movie “Girl Interrupted” was a good movie, especially to compare with psychology. It showed me much different diagnosis and what other kinds of disorders there is out there.
As well as the term “normal” really can’t be defined. Normal is based on trends that are presented to you in that present day and moment. All the theories that I came up with seemed to correct and true.
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