Psychological analysis of the book “Girl Interrupted”

Summary

Girl, you want to know what her past Susanna Kaysen. Obviously, she look back at it with a feeling of surprise, she almost did not know really belongs to her memory. Her memoir is a recollection and reflection time series of her in a mental hospital. She thinks how she got there, and whether she is there. Each short chapter focuses on her experience, these are a kind of chronological order to tell her, and she met people, the story of the treatment she received.

Borderline disorder

We live in a study, Ms. Kaysen's case record a copy of the folder, she was voluntarily admitted to McLean, is graduating from high school in Princeton, New Jersey, her father at Princeton University, is the daughter of parents, Teachers life. She was described as "painful reactive depression" and the admission diagnosis of "personality pattern disturbance, mixed." White, Jewish, single women with a diagnosis rules "undifferentiated schizophrenia." Finally, we see that, she finally established a diagnosis of "borderline personality."

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness, by a stable, interpersonal relationships, self-image and behavior of the general feeling. This instability often destroys the family and work life, long-term planning, and personal self-identity. (Kaysen, p. 1-168)

Originally considered to be in "marginal" people with BPD in the spirit of suffering from a disorder of emotion regulation. Although not as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic depression) is known good, borderline personality disorder is more common, affecting two percent of adults, mostly young women. There is a low rate of self harm with intent to commit suicide, and suicide attempt were significantly and severely cases.2 completed suicide, 3 patients typically require 20 years of psychiatric hospitalizations.4 comprehensive mental health services and accounts, but by the help, many improve over time, eventually to lead a decent life. (Butcher, et al., p. 334-386)

The meaning of nonlinearity

Nonlinear means that he is not linear. "It is obvious, but often because we are used to reveal the hidden language of the implicit structure in mind; it is useful to reflect on some implicit assumptions briefly. Like other members of large classes," Nonlinear "What is the standard in the negative? Such as regular or asymmetrical, unbalanced or balanced, then such a rich cultural heritage, roots from the ancient Greeks. The basic idea is the" truth "in the presence of simple (and thus a stable regular and consistent), while the more complex (and therefore unstable, irregular and inconsistent.)

The result has always been our guiding authority of the West intuition, but an idealized, may be misleading when the world around us, chaos is not suitable for the actual concept. An important basis for confusion is not only simple norms and freedom of association, subject, therefore, it is expected behavior, where we can see the eyes of the world around can. Nonlinear phenomena, it is generally considered the standard directory in our stubborn incompetence, even if they are actually higher than the phenomenon, in line with the linear rule shall ...