The Deer Hunter : Psychological Disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder abbreviated PTSD is a response to traumatic events in someone’s life. Traumatic events are events that provoke fear, helplessness or horror in response to a threat or extreme stressor (Yehuda, 2002). Soldiers and other military members are at a much higher risk to Post traumatic stress disorder due to combat and other stressful situations they are put into. People effected by Post-traumatic stress disorder will have symptoms including flashbacks, avoidance of things, people or places that remind them of the traumatic event. Also, hyper arousal which includes insomnia, irritability, impaired concentration and higher startle reactions. In this paper I will discuss post-traumatic stress disorder, its signs, symptom and effects on culture as portrayed in the movie, American Sniper.

Based on this, we saw how Tiffany and Pat’s unconscious affects their disorders in a psychodynamic perspective. Their genetics, childhood experiences, and Big Five personality traits explain the biological and trait perspectives of their disorder. Finally, the sociocultural perspectives on their disorders are the effects of their environmental experiences, and look at the environmental factors. I believe the theoretical approaches can be used to look at Pat and Tiffany’s personalities by accurately giving a description of who they are, and why they are who they

Born May 21, 1960 his parents are, Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. He was considered a happy child till the age of 4 when he received a double hernia surgery. As a teen he had no friends and when he was 14 he was having compulsions toward necrophilia and murder. And said his parents divorce caused his thoughts into action. As a kid he had no friends, and was very unresponsive to family and teachers. After his parents got a divorce he took his thoughts into action.

Charlie shows symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder and anxiety. He seems to also suffer from depression, which can root from PTSD. The symptoms that were correct of PTSD were having flashbacks of traumatic events. The symptoms of anxiety that were correct were worrying about feeling guilty, and not becoming happy. The symptoms of depression that were correct were blaming yourself for everything, and always putting yourself down. The things that were realistic about PTSD were having flashbacks, feeling guilty, not wanting to become happy, blaming yourself, putting yourself down, and worrying; for example, Charlie became mentally unstable as a result of being sexually abused as a child. He blocked (repressed) thoughts like that out, and they never come

Popular films are replete with characters that possess symptoms indicating severe psychological disorders. In the film “The Machinist”, the main character displays many symptoms, indicating more than one disorder. This essay will discuss the character’s background, symptoms, and actions in order to attempt to provide an appropriate psychological diagnosis. It is important to remember that filmmakers do not strictly follow the criteria found within the DSM, but any diagnosis found within this essay will be as accurate as possible.

Another aspect of psychology that is also shown in the movie not only Sam has but his neighbor Annie. Another example is with another Character Annie who she struggles with a phobia that she has struggled with which was agoraphobia being scare of open space. In later of the filmed it showed that she was able to control it for a bit till she started to panic a lot. Not only the aspect of psychology that was shown in the filmed but it has been stereotyped portrayed in the film of their mental illness. Meaning by portrayed of their illness was that like Sam who was stereotype from others seeing him as a childlike of a seven-year-old.

Trauma, a severely distressing or disturbing experience, can lead to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is a type of anxiety disorder that results from experiencing extremely emotional trauma or situation in which the individual felt at risk of injury or death. According to Putts (2014), both trauma and PTSD are going unrecognized in clients experiencing psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorders although a majority of clients diagnosed with psychotic disorders experience symptoms that meet the criteria for PTSD (p. 83). Putts (2014) believes the phenomenon could be a result of the challenge a clients in a psychotic state presents

Billy Pilgrim has not come unstuck in time; Billy has become a victim of violent warfare. Common to many soldiers of war, he has witnessed such horrific events during the bombing of Dresden that he has acquired Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In order to avoid the reality of his cruel life and of the war, Billy has become dependant on escapism. Through escapism he has created the planet of Tralfamadore and the Tralfamadorians.

A common trait for soldiers, following the war, was the "Crazy Vietnam Veteran", who would be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and subsequently inflict havoc in civilian life, or abroad (e.g. Rambo from the novel ‘First Blood’ and Michael from the film ‘The Deer Hunter’). Representations of Vietnam Veterans in popular culture have typically been negative, showing mental illness, violence, and inability to adjust and fit in with society. Yet these depictions of mental illness, antisocial behaviour and lack of control are not far detached from the truth, and the actual suffering of

disorder as a result of the abuse that took place.’ ("Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division," 2013, para 3). This crisis he faced led to a failure of coping mechanisms including: abusing alcohol, being haunted by feelings of abandonment by their parents through Stockholm Syndrome (Fontaine, 2010, pg. 132), social anxiety, and his inferiority complex.

Mental health is a heavy topic of conversation in general. People still struggle with grasping a real understanding of what mental health is and how it effects a person in their daily life. Due to the already limited understanding of mental health, it is often glamorized or portrayed in an over-exaggerated manner with heavy influence on the close ups and different kinds of camera angles in order to express the insanity of a particular character or characters. The films My Friend Dahmer and The Fire Within, a French film directed by Louis Malle, introduce characters with mental illnesses in different eras of Hollywood media. The two films utilize cinematography and narrative to express the mental health issues impeding the two protagonists.

Andrew Laeddis from the film Shutter Island (Medavov, Messer, Fischer, & Scorsese, 2010) is a roughly 30-year-old Caucasian American male living in Boston. Although his education and family history is unknown, it is known that he was a former US Marshal and also a highly decorated army veteran from World War 2 (WW2). His marital status is a widower, as he murdered his wife Dolores, after which he was administered to Ashecliffe hospital for the criminally insane.

fantasy. The symptoms that he showed were hallucinations when Don Juan watched and listened to the women he imagined. I think it was a realistic description because the way that John Arnold DeMarco dressed in costume was a fox, as expressed in the detailed talk of all his life since childhood and how he behaved with women. The factors that John Arnold DeMarco had this disorder, is because he was ignored by the woman of the magazine and from there decided to be Don Juan the conqueror of women. Another can be environmental because his father died and his mother went to Mexico to a convent and John Arnold DeMarco stayed to live with his grandmother. The movie does not specify what type of medication was given to John Arnold DeMarco, it only shows when he takes it. The doctor. Jack says I think you're Don Juan DeMarco but the other people do not.

The movie A Beautiful Mind is one that offers psychologists with a lot of fodder to think about and its storyline brings out various aspects of psychology that can be analyzed to bring a more conclusive close to this debate. The thesis statement of this essay is that psychological disorders need to be understood independently of various factors such as biological and environmental factors. This is because the world of psychology has always tried to attach the above factors to various psychological disorders but I strongly feel that psychological disorders need to be understood and analyzed independently so as a true and deeper understanding of these disorders comes to the fore. The movie A Beautiful Mind is about a genius mathematician Nash who has a psychological disorder, which is later diagnosed to be paranoid schizophrenia. The effects of this disorder are evident in the movie and the essay tries to see how the need to study psychological disorders independently could be helpful in helping various examples of cases such as that of John Forbes Nash.

Hunter’s depression could be related to his living conditions and environment. The Cognitive Behavioral Approach will encourage Hunter to replace his negative opinions, thoughts, and feelings with happier ways of thinking. I believe Hunter will benefit from journal writing, writing down his thoughts and feelings can help Hunter and Carol recognize how his negative feelings are connected to his mood and emotions which causes him to be depressed. While using the Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Hunter will be thought problem-solving and coping