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What do you think her real psychiatric illness was???


I watched this movie tonight and I wondered if anyone else noticed that she showed signs of more than "Clinical Depression" I think that she was bipolar with also borderline personality disorder. There were also some areas that paranoid schizophrenic where also appropriate. I think that the movie shows the confusion people have when they don't understand true psychiatric illness. Great movie!!! Any other psych majors out there that want to discuss???

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IMO she was bipolar. She seemed to be going through a manic phase throughout the movie. Some who are in a manic phase can experience types of psychosis, which is what I believe she was going through when she was gluing all the pics of eyes on the wall.

The beauty is I'm learning how to face my beast ~ Blue October

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