Silver Linings Playbook Psychology

When someone says "Every cloud has a silver lining", it means that every dark cloud pass by us for a reason, and once we overcome that difficulty, it becomes something beautiful. That is what the movie Silver Linings Playbook tells its audience about. This movie focuses on three similar characters that show different attitudes and flaws which capture many audiences' interests. It explains that even though one is imperfect, one can outgrow that and becomes a better person. The film is about a former teacher named Patrick Solitano Jr., the main protagonist, who recently had been released to a mental institute because of his bipolar syndrome. He moves back to his parents` house and tries to resolve his problems to his ex-wife, Nikki. He was sent

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