Alexandra Forest Borderline Personality Disorder

1.- Identifying specific characters that possess psychological disorder(s) and the symptoms of the disorder(s)

The character Alexandra Forest shows a Borderline Personality Disorder, which is a disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability of self-image, interpersonal relationships, and it affects dramatic mood changes, and the movie makes the impulsivity present. Alexandra has self-injurious behavior and suicidal behaviors. (448) Also I think she tends to have a profile of Antisocial Personality due to Borderline people do not harm other, but antisocial do. Antisocial personality is associate with irresponsibility, aimlessness, and lack of long term goals or plans, impulsive behavior, outright lawlessness, violence, marital

Symptoms of antisocial personality disorder

• Aggressive or hostile behavior

• Lack of responsible behavior

• She has a very Impulsive behavior

• Reckless behavior.

• Lack of remorse for misdeeds.

2.- Discussion of specific scenes where the symptoms of the psychological disorder(s) are displayed.

• efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment: when she cuts her wrists when Dan goes to leave the house, when she shows up to his apartment pretending to be an interested buyer, when she calls to his office, apartment, everywhere.

• pattern of intense and unstable interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation:

She thinks is almost too good to be true, then when he tries to end the affair, she hates him, but also pleads for his return and seeks revenge at the same time.

• She has felt in love with him in 3 days:

Dan‟s feelings shift from anger to feelings of victimization as he asks Alex, “Why are you doing this to me...Why are you trying to hurt me?”

Alex‟s responses to these questions are, Doing what?...Why are you so hostile? I‟m not your enemy…I love