The film Girl, Interrupted is based on a true story about Susanna Kaysen. The real Susanna Kaysen was sent to McLean Hospital in 1967 to undergo a psychiatric treatment for depression and was later diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. In the film Winona Ryder portrays Susanna Kaysen is and is also diagnosed with borderline personality disorder but nothing is said about depression. Her family insist on her getting help after she attempted suicide due to her disorder. Borderline Personality
amplified” (Girl, Interrupted). Girl, Interrupted is a movie that follows the life of a teenager named Susannah in the 1960s, as she enters Claymore Mental Institution and suffers and tries to overcome a psychological disorder. Throughout her stay, she befriends other patients and essentially has a life-changing impact on all of their lives. Throughout the movie, many psychological disorders are portrayed. One of the main characters is Susannah Kaysen, who suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder. Borderline
Borderline Personality Disorder in Teens Can you imagine having a disorder that affects every aspect of life, but is not curable? Personality disorder is a very critical problem that affects a large majority of the population for many different reasons because of the negative and trouble lifestyle and is not fully curable, so forced to learn to live with it. Personality disorder in teens is a disorder that affects the person both mentally and physically. This disorder is more than teens getting
In the movie Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen is a girl in her 20’s that comes from an upper class family. In the movie, her parents seem to be more involved and concerned about their social life and appearances rather than on their daughters condition. The movie starts off by Susanna recollecting the night that she attempted suicide by taking a bottle of aspirin and following that with a bottle of vodka to the family therapist. The therapist recommends to Susanna that it would be best for her to