The Black Swan was originally a play, created into a film in 2010. Nina is part of the New York City ballet company. She is a very hard working and dedicated ballerina whose life consists mainly of ballet practice, and rarely any fun. She has been chosen to play the role of the black swan in the upcoming performance Swan Lake. Although Nina was the directors first choice, she begins to develop a bit of competition with another dancer in the company, Lily. They go back and forth with being friends, then competing against one another. The idea of the black swan requires someone to play both the white and black swan components of the piece. One being portrayed with innocence and grace, and the other with a darker side of sensuality. Viewers begin …show more content…
(Sacks, 2012) The person experiencing them is convinced that what they are seeing or smelling is real, and become very confused as to what is reality and what is not. These most commonly occur in people who suffer from a mental illness such as schizophrenia or various types of psychotic disorders. In this article the author discusses how hallucinations are becoming more common amongst people today, and the different scenarios where they are more present. Hallucinations can occur when experiencing migraines, seizures, or even consuming too much of a particular medication. (Sacks, 2012) In our class textbook, Abnormal Psychology, there are several different theories discussed that give an explanation as to how obsessive-compulsive disorders develop. According to the Psychodynamic Theory, our adult personality is very much influenced by our childhood experiences. (Comer 2013) This is something that I find to be very interesting, and accurate as well. I believe based on our experiences and how we were raised as children have a prodominent effect on who we become as adults. These moments shape up into who we become as adults, and become involuntary or unconcious …show more content…
Hallucinations and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder were the two main these presented in the film, and were both displayed similarily to what I had learned in the educational instruments I used. The symptoms and characterists of both shined through the character, and made me feel as if I were living her reality with her. The directors of this film made the reality of these physhological disorders come to life for the viewers. This film would be a great piece for educational purposes, which gives the public a better understanding and virtual reality for those who are unfarmiliar with these disorders or who would like to better educate themselves on the topics. This film was a bit more serious, therefore the subject matter was not treated in a humorous way whatsoever. The characters played serious roles, where dedication and perseverance were their main focus. Several scenes in the film gave viewers raw emotion and behind the scenes reality of the life Nina lives, day to day, with her psychological issues. Towards the end of the film Nina begins to experience more hallucinations. She believes everyone is out to get her, including her own mother. There are scenes where she visions the black swan through the mirror, as well as viewing herself as this even person in her dressing room. These hallucinations drive Nina farther away from her reality, and begin to take a toll on her mental
“Excelsior! I’m gonna take all this negativity and use it as fuel and I’m gonna find a silver lining. That’s what I’m gonna do” (Russell, 2013). A silver lining is defined as having optimism or a positive outlook on a situation that might seem gloomy on the outside. Silver Linings Playbook is centered around Pat Solitono Jr, a middle-aged man who just spent eight months in a psychiatric hospital for beating the man whom his wife had an affair with. Pat leaves the hospital determined to accomplish his unrealistic goal of winning his wife back. His motto is “Excelsior” (Russell, 2013) and he uses this to fuel his actions. He believes every negative action can result in a positive action. He also believes he can rise up and be superior over his actions and others to win his wife back. Pat has Bipolar I disorder with manic episodes that can be seen played out in the movie. He himself states, “undiagnosed bipolar with mood swings and weird thinking brought on by stress” (Russell, 2013).
The viewpoint of mental illness portrays that mental illness is a common mechanism when dealing with stress or drastic changes. Many people are not as exposed with people who have mental disorders. This movie brings in two extremely different people, but they find themselves falling for each other despite their extra baggage. Tiffany has a heavy baggage she is carrying around. She could not accept the fact that Tommy left her suddenly. Although Tiffany’s character seems odd and dysfunctional, this movie portrays Tiffany, as a woman and a person, trying to move on. This film accurately portrays this disorder. There are some Hollywood viewpoints of mental illness, but this movie accurately portrays Tiffany as someone with borderline personality disorder. She shows many signs of borderline personality disorder symptoms. Many viewers can sense that areas in her life are dysfunctional and not
Since the beginnings of psychology the debate of nature verses nurture has been going on. Certain psychologists take the position of the nature perspective. They argue that people are born with predispositions towards certain personalities, traits and other characteristics that help shape them into the people that they become later in life. Meanwhile multiple other psychologists argue the nurture perspective. They believe that people are born as a blank slate and their experiences over the course of life help shape their personalities, traits, and other characteristics. One topic that can be argued from both perspectives is obsessive-compulsive disorder. People who develop Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder are influenced by their inherited predispositions and the events that unfold in their environment.
hallucinations that one can experience. These hallucinations can make someone think something is happening when it really is not. This dangers the human that is bi...
A very minute does can significantly alter ones perception to the point of hallucination. Hallucination is when a person hears, or sees thing that don’t really exist. LSD is the most potent hallucinate. Approximately 100 times stronger than psilocybin, and 4000 times stronger than mescaline.
In this movie the character has a disorder called Psychosis. It is a disorder that contains other ones within it like schizophrenia which is why it is easily confused with that one. The difference is it diagnosis a person with a problem that the person loses touch with reality. Throughout the movie you see Nina a New York ballet performer try to play two roles the White Swan and Black Swan. She gets involved with the black side and starts to show her rebellious side. She sees her dark side when she is walking around and hears voices say "sweet girl." This condition can be treated with medicine and pills if it is diagnosed which it was not in the movie.
The film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, directed by Milos Forman depicts life within a mental institution in 1950’s Oregon, following Randle P. McMurphy’s arrival. The patients in the hospital are made to believe they are crazy and therefore could not survive in the outside world, when in reality, they are not. Transferred from prison to complete his sentence in the mental hospital, McMurphy is a flawed man, however he is not insane. Chief Bromden cleverly uses his lack of communication to go through life unnoticed, and Billy Bibbit has suicidal tendencies and a stutter. Neither of these men can be classified as insane.
One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a movie that portrays a life story of a criminal named McMurphy who is sent to a mental institution because he believes that he himself is insane. While McMurphy is in the mental ward, he encounters other patients and changes their perception of the “real” world. Before McMurphy came to the mental ward, it was a place filled with strict rules and orders that patients had to follow; these rules were created by the head nurse, Nurse Ratched. However, once McMurphy was in the ward, everything, including the atmosphere, changed. He was the first patient to disobey Nurse Ratched. Unlike other patients who continuously obeyed Nurse Ratched, McMurphy and another patient named Charlie Cheswick decided to rebel
It tells the story of a person, family and community in which individuals suffer from mental disorders much the same way as people do in the real world. Not only did I find this movie quite accurate concerning mental illness but I also established some important messages concerning mental illness in today’s society. The film takes into account that mental illness is a part of society and overall has a positive outlook on it. Their illnesses don 't define their identities nor are they even the main point of the story. In coming together, the characters find the mutual support that enables them to approach their struggles and redirect their lives in a more positive direction. To some degree, this film addresses stigma and the fact that persons with mental illness should be allowed to participate in society over being kept in a hospital, in other words, it gives
...n this process, whatever remains of Nina's self is destroyed as it is replaced by the directions and desires of another -- predominantly of the main male character, Thomas. Nina's eventual acquiescence to a male dominated and controlled version of her body, the film posits at its close, amounts to a kind of suicide she doesn't know she's committing. The pursuit of another's perfection leads, in the end, to a complete annihilation of self. The film suggests this destruction of self-determination is what women in a male dominated society face in everyday life.
To be clear, psychosis is more of a symptom of a mental disorder rather than a mental disorder of its own. This phenomenon “means experiencing things and believing them to be real when they are not; in other words, losing contact with reality” (Medical News Today, 2014). Hallucinations and delusions are two signs of psychosis which include seeing things that are not there, hearing voices, and believing in irrational thoughts. Hallucinations mainly deal with sensory experiences such as hearing, seeing, touching, and smelling things that are not there. Delusions appear often in a person’s belief system. Delusions may include omniscient thoughts of oneself as far as beliefs that the government put microchips inside everyone’s brain. Psychosis is a symptom of a variety of mental disorders including Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Not only is psychosis a mere symptom of disorders, it also may derive from drug abuse, alcoholism, stress, childhood experiences, or any type of traumatic
She possesses the sensual and dark passion naturally to play this role. She has moved from San Francisco to New York and is an upcoming ballerina. She has been a looser in life and basically doesn’t know what she wants to achieve in her life. She is very cunning and conniving and will go to all means necessary to achieve her goal. She uses drugs like ecstasy to relax her mind and doesn’t mind one night stands to get through her life. In nutshell, she is an ideal choice to play Black Swan and a worth competitor to
The main character in the film Black Swan, twenty-eight year old female Nina Sayers, displays signs of numerous disorders through her abnormal behavior. Nina’s life is consumed by her occupation: professional ballerina/dancer. Nina resides with her mother and rarely socializes with others. She has difficulty concentrating, is restless, irritable, suffers from muscle tension, and sleep disturbances from nightmares. Nina also feels very uncomfortable in social and intimate situations. She appears to be unable to successfully interact with those around her. The interaction that Nina has with her fellow dancers appears to be strained and superficial. Nina exhibits behavior that indicates she views all other dancers as competition instead of potential comrades’ or friends. Being very introverted and unable to share any part of herself with those around her, even her mother, who appears to be the only person that has been remotely close to Nina, causes her to seek companionship with parts of herself instead of healthy relationships with others. Nina exhibits signs of generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and paranoid personality disorder through these abnormal behaviors.
...et in the 1950’s; during the 1950’s one method of treatment for Schizophrenia were lobotomies. In the middle of the movie the audience is looking through this movie gives great insight into the mind of a mental ill, young woman. The movie shows how her disease may have been triggered in young Baby Doll. Young Baby Doll learned to dissociate herself from her surroundings, when the abuse by her stepfather first began. She created a dream world where she was the heroine, to escape the reality where she was the victim. The movie vividly displays the imaginary world that those diagnosed with Schizophrenia may fall into, and other symptoms that they may display. A person suffering with Schizophrenia often cannot differentiate between what is real and what is not. It is evident that the worlds that are full of dragons and giant ninjas, is not something that is not real.
Nina fits the mold of many different mental disorders. I, however, personally think that Nina portrays the symptoms of a person with schizophrenia. In the DSM-5, it states that schizophrenia is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior, and other symptoms that cause social or occupational dysfunction. It is required that a person have at least two of these symptoms. It is clear throughout the movie that Nina has hallucinations that ...