Essay On Patient 6519

The patient 6519 (Julian) came under my care several weeks ago after experiencing an emotional breakdown. Having witnessed an assault on his mother, that led to her suffering a Cer-ebrovascular accident (CVA). Unable to retrieve, medical help in a timely manner she passed way due to blockage in the brain. Stricken by overwhelming feeling of quilt and sorrow, the pa-tient was brought to the Lovely Lanes Mental Institution. After several days at the clinic, the patient was able to be stabilize and was entered into a group session to work through his grief. However, it has become clear to me, from our one-on-one sessions that the patient will not be able to begin the mourning process, until he is able to understand the core issue that he has

From sitting with the patient, it has become clear to me that Jul-ian does display this character trait. In trying to gain understanding of where the resentment stems from, I asked the patient (Julian), to tell me things about his relationship with his mother, but more importantly, to talk about his mother exclusively, who she was, the things that she liked. It became clear quickly, that “everything that gave her pleasure was small and depress him”(498). The patient viewed his mother as being inferior to him, the fact that he was “open minded” to racial issues, that he had went to college, and wanted to be a writer, it exalted himself over her. Who he was a person was more important that she was, and the ideal that she saw any worth within her self drove him “wild”. As a narcissist, the patient thinks so highly of himself and think very little of others, that do not share their same characteristics, they often becomes irritated and ignored with the peoples presence that are below them, having to be around them would often lead to feelings of resentment. In the case of Julian and mother, it’s that very thing that caused a resent towards