Silver Linings Playbook does a great job of showing the realities of bipolar disorder in all of its glory. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder involving periods of incapacitating depression, with periods of extreme euphoria and excitement. The movie portrays this disorder by showing all of Pat and Tiffany’s angry and violent manic episodes, Pat’s obsession with getting his wife back, and their other manic tendencies. Pat has several manic episodes that are expressed by angry outbreaks, or meltdowns. He found his wife with one of her co workers and nearly beat him to death. He acts out extremely violently whenever he hears his wedding song, and doesn’t know how to control his anger causing him to lash out at his dad and nearly hurt his mom. …show more content…
Pat displays several symptoms of Manic episodes rather often throughout the movie. When Pat goes to run he runs with a trash bag on over his sweats to produce more sweat, which uses more energy, but he is still able to run for miles on end displaying his constant high energy levels. The fact that he is so determined to get in shape that he does wear sweat and trash bags while running, no matter the weather, shows how intense he is all the time. He has a decreased need for sleep due to this Manic which is why he is able to stay up all night practicing for his dance competition or reading. He also always feels a need to always fill up silence by talking, he does this through out his and Tiffany’s dance practices by asking her about all her sexual encounters with co workers, and why she had sex with all of them. He reads all of the books that Tiffany is reading to have something to talk to her about so there is never an awkward silence. Tiffany goes through stages of extreme depression where she drinks and sleeps with men, to fill the feeling of emptiness and abandonment that she experiences. She will also continuously shut out family members and friends whom she feels have hurt her in the past. Both Pat and Tiffany show extreme symptoms of bipolar disorder. Silver Linings Playbook realistically portrays Pat and Tiffany’s manic
Throughout the movie, Pat displays signs and symptoms of Bipolar I disorder. He has moods swings that go back and forth between manic episodes and depressed episodes. We see the manic episodes with his aggressive behavior, easy irritation, increased physical activity (always out jogging in the neighborhood), lack of sleep, and very poor
This is due to the fact that you can be both manic and depressed, but not at the same time. Some key symptoms of mania are: sleeping very little but feeling extremely energized, grandiose beliefs about ones abilities, rapid talking, racing thoughts, increased goal oriented activity and inflated self esteem. In the documentary, Sam displayed all of the symptoms during his manic episodes. Some key symptoms of bipolar depression are: feeling worthlessness, sad or empty, thoughts of death or suicide, weight changes, sleep problems, difficulty concentrating, irritability, retardation and agitation. Sam displayed most but not all of these symptoms. He was feeling worthlessness, had thoughts of suicide, and had changes in his weight. More specifically, he gained weight during his depressed episodes. The main DSM-5 symptoms of bipolar depression are: depressed mood most of the day or nearly everyday, diminished interest or pleasure, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia or hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, thoughts of suicide and diminished ability to think or concentrate. The main character Sam showed significant signs of weight gain when he was in his depressed state. He also showed signs of feeling worthless. During a sit down with the filmmaker of the documentary, Sam was telling him that he felt empty and that he didn’t have pleasure or interest in much of anything. Sam later on in
Silver Linings Playbooks tells the story of Pat Solitano Jr. (played by Bradley Cooper), a high school teacher diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is trying to get his life back together. The movie opens as Pat is released from a psychiatric hospital after eight months of treatment and moves back in with his parents. He is determined to get back together with his wife, Nikki, despite all the signs that say she does not want to be with him - such as the restraining order she filed against him. Pat meets recently widowed Tiffany Maxwell (played by Jennifer Lawrence), who is suffering from depression and overcoming a sex addiction that ensued from the death of her husband. Tiffany offers to help deliver Pat’s letters to Nikki if he enters a dance competition with her. As the movie goes on, Pat and Tiffany’s relationship progresses and they learn to cope with their issues.
Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mood disorder characterized by periods of mania, depression, or a mixed manic-depressive state. The condition can seriously affect a person’s reasoning, understanding, awareness, and behavior. Acco...
Pat is a round character with many problems about himself. He became someone who gets easily angered, and whenever he hears their wedding song, he gets crazy and hard to control. The event that triggered his bipolar issue is when his wife cheated on him with another teacher, that is where he almost killed the teacher and Nikki filed a restraining order against him. That is where he knew that he was an undiagnosed bipolar, and after he was put on a mental institute for rehabilitation, medications, and therapy. After eight months, he got out of the hospital. He lost weight and begin to change his personality. Pat has a theory in which when he becomes physically fit and is finally able to control his emotions, he will have a happy ending. He expects that his happy ending is to be together with Nikki and get his old teaching job back. He tries to read the books his ex-wife teaches for her syllabus. One book he read is one from Hemingway called A Farewell to Arms. His emotions triggered and woke his parents up 4 o'clock in the morning. He started ranting about how bad the ending of the book is and would not apologize to his parents. This was his first triggered mood swing after he got out of the hospital. Pat turns overly violent when he hears his wedding song, it kept reminding him of the shower incident. When Pat finally meets Tiffany, the events took a quick turn. Pat's therapy doctor told him that Tiffany can be a way for him to communicate with Nikki through letters. At first, he thought that she's just some crazy "slut", but the two have gotten intimate as they spend more time for their dance practice. They go jogging together and because of Tiffany, Pat was able to keep calm when he heard his wedding song
Luckily, Pat’s parents agree to take him in again once he is released from the institution. Pat has a rough time accepting any time has passed and still believes he can work his relationship out with Nikki. Refusing to accept the truth, reality is that Nikki has divorced Pat, moved
“Nobody will ever notice that Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It’s about the big picture” Ed Wood once said, emphasizing the misconception of a film’s notion. Silver Linings Playbook, directed by David O. Russell is categorized as a Romantic comedy film because of the relationship between two of the main characters. Considering the format of the story, the movie being characterized as a romantic comedy film is still quite skeptical. David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook breaks the traditional romantic comedy formula for not follow the “love triangle” format and its complex plotline.
Pat (Bradley Cooper): In the beginning, Pat was recently discharged from a mental health facility for dangerous aggression after witnessing his wife cheat on him with a co-worker. Personally, it seemed as though Pat Solitano meets the criteria for Bipolar I Disorder. Bipolar Disorder is the tendency of manic episodes to alternate with major depressive episodes, like a roller coaster. (Barlow, D., Durand, M., Stewart,S., & Lalumière, M., 2014, p. 222).
Similarly, Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), Pat’s love interest, has her compulsive and self-destructive promiscuity explained too simplistically (a compensation for the guilt she feels for inadvertently causing the death of her husband because of a declining interest in sex). Also, the film wraps up the pieces much too neatly, suggesting that Pat and Tiffany’s successful performance in a dance contest and their passionate love for each other are enough to diffuse all of the simmering psychological and interpersonal tensions. Finally, the portrayal of the therapist, Dr. Patel (Anupam Kher) is problematic. He intentionally provokes Pat by playing a song that reminds him of a traumatic event, and later in the film, he completely abandons his professional role in favor of joining with Pat as a maniacal Eagles fan. At this point in the analysis, I am guessing that many mental health professionals are nodding their head in agreement while many movie fans are thinking—“Come
The main characters in this story are the Maloney couple, known as Mary and Patrick Maloney. She can be recognized as the typical housewife, she 's intelligent, bright, has a clean and well organized home, loves her husband over everything on earth - and, she 's pregnant in the sixth month. Patrick is a police officer, a senior. Obviously he 's been a police officer for a long time, and therefor has affected their daily life with a sense of regularity. The home is warm and clean, they usually go out to eat on Thursdays, and regularly, he has a drink as he comes home from work at the regular time of 10 minutes to five.
The main character Pat who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, displayed signs of manic episodes such as: fast talking, rambling with words, and no sleep. There were about 3 scenes of Pat waking his parents up early in the morning because he was looking for something, or could not wait to tell them something in the morning. Throughout most of the film, Pat exhibits a lot of delusions. Before hospitalization, it is briefly mentioned that Pat was accusing his wife and another teacher (who ironically was the man who this wife cheated on) embezzling money from him. After hospitalization, there were delusions that him and his wife were perfect for each other and they were going to be work through their marriage when that clearly was not the
Pat wrote letters to his wife and in turn, Tiffany delivered them. We later find out that Tiffany was the one all along writing back to Pat and that she had fallen in love with him. Directly following the dance competition, Pat meets his wife once again, but this time things are just not the same. After noticing Pat’s uncontrollable anger and mood swings, he was diagnosed with bipolar.
The film, Of Two Minds, is based on real life accounts of individuals living with bipolar disorder. Before watching this film, I had an idea of what bipolar disorder is , but after viewing this film I was completely mistaken. Previously, I thought being bipolar was going from a “normal” mood to an angry or sad mood in a matter of seconds and could be simply fixed by taking medicine. But my previous thoughts were completely wrong and bipolar disorder is very serious and complicated. I didn’t know the severity of this disease and I think a lot of the general public is uneducated about bipolar disorder as well as mental illness. Terri Cheney describes having bipolar disorder as, “Take the best day you ever had and multiply it by a million, it 's like a flu but one hundred times worse. It 's having flu in your mind."
In the movie Silver Linings Playbook, the protagonist, Pat has been released from a mental hospital. Pat is hospitalized after discovering his wife, Nicky, cheating with the high school history teacher, and almost beating him to death. During his hospital stay, Pat is diagnosed with Bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorder is very difficult to diagnose, often times it is difficult to diagnose due to its similarities with other disorders (Craighead, Miklowitz, & Craighead, 2013, p. 364). Bipolar I order is a very debilitating mental disorder due to its symptomology and how much it negatively impacts the client’s ability to function. In the case of Pat, it is very clear that he meets the criteria for bipolar disorder I.
Pat has to readjust to his new life throughout the movie. Pat now has no wife, no job, no house, and many new battles. Pat is a character with emotional regulation issues and poor social skills. As the movie develops we follow Pat as he grows as a person and gains coping skills to adjust to his new