We are never told what illness her father has but it is a mental illness. As for the daughter she had some major problems too! The repetative drumming on wood, the eating soap if something gave her pleasure, being extremely anti-social etc... The whole thing was a waste of my time. I didn't come away with anything from the whole mess. What message was the writer/director trying to make if any?
shareIt isn't a "message movie" its about the Mona character overcoming her illness and starting to live a full life.
shareDad has schizophrenia and daughter has a sh!tload of guilt about moving out and leaving mum to deal with Daddy and his health issues alone. She was acting out in response to that stress by punishing herself for positive experiences.
This is not a mental illness. It's more of a coping mechanism. Some people do these things, as well as cut themselves or starve themselves in response to stress.
I agree...I was wondering what she had as far as a mental illness as well. It started off pretty good but she just got worse. What irritated me was she clearly didn't have control of her class yet the school brought her back. what in god's name changed so dramatically in her class after her ax incident? all the students start behaving beautifully?!!??
Jessica was fantastic though and the movie was worth watching though. It definitely was different.
no, she didn't have mental illness, just a weirdo. she was completely functional unlike her father.
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That's incorrect. She suffered with OCD.
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder and knocking is considered a "compulsion". A mental disorder is also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder.
OCD knocking is performed to relieve anxiety and is common among sufferers. It's usually combined with repetitive thoughts of numbers, patterns, and magical thinking (i.e. "signs" and predictive attributes). This was the crux of the film.
She was likely prone to the disorder since mental illness was in her genetic, paternal background. In real-life, she would've had a an extremely difficult time obtaining home-study approval in order to adopt or foster the female student, due to her long-term OCD and her terribly inconsistent background (job, education, relationships, etc.).
As the filmmaker portrayed, she was mentally and emotionally stunted due to her illness.
Many people with this character's problem were profiled on A&E's "Obsessed" which is currently available on Netflix.
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