What About Bob

Lester is a 40-year-old man referred to me for counselling by his doctor. He is currently married and lives with his wife, Carolyn, and their 16-year-old daughter Jane. He is employed as a fast food attendant (Cohen, Jinks & Mendes, 1999). At the initial examination Lester dresses untidily and unshaven, and avoids eye contact. Lester reports an overall feeling of unhappiness (Cohen, Jinks & Mendes, 1999). He stated that he has become reckless and self-destructive and worried about some of his recent life decisions.

Psychological disorders are very real and present in many people we come in contact with daily, however, are very rarely talked about. Learning about these disorders can help us to understand others and ourselves better by telling us why we do and think the things we do. One effective way that we can observe and learn about psychological disorders is through movies. “Mommie Dearest” was directed by Frank Perry. It is centered around the actress Joan Crawford, who suffered from various psychological disorders. Joan’s daughter, Christina, wrote a book about her mother and her many problems and it was later turned into a movie. It is very effective to use movie analysis as a way of learning, especially in psychology, because it provides a great way to observe without distractions. When you’re looking at disorders, it’s difficult to find a person who has many of these disorders and will allow you to observe them. Psychological disorders can be split into two major groups, personality disorders and mood disorders. Personality disorders are patterns of traits that can get in the way of your social or work life and may interrupt the individual’s normal lifestyle. Mood disorders are inconsistent and unreliable changes in mood by the affected individual. (Rathus, 1998). With all of this being said, it brings me to my point that I will be talking about for the rest of this essay. Joan Crawford demonstrates the personality disorders of histrionic, narcissism, and OCPD. When it comes to mood disorders, Joan demonstrates bipolar disorder.

Craig willingly went to a psychiatric facility to seek help for his disorder. Known to him, he thought it was just going to be an instant treatment or prescription of some drugs, while also expressing that he didn’t want to be seen in a psychiatric facility by his friends (It’s Kind of a funny story, 2010). It was to help him participate in a series of therapy in order to help him out with his disorder, so he needed to be checked in and spend at least five days before he could be discharged. The number one major type of therapy involved a one on one session with a therapist— which is known as psychotherapy. In a one on one session with Dr. Minerva who was his therapist, he was able to talk about the things he was really going through, open up about his family, friends and possibly help him figure out the genesis of what created the most stress. Another type of therapy that was used to help Craig was a group therapy. This involved him being a group with

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Some common symptoms of borderline personality disorder are alternating between idealizing and then devaluing their partner, avoiding real or imagined abandonment, impulsiveness, having suicidal thoughts, being emotionally volatile, suffer from chronic feelings of emptiness, expressing excessive anger, and being overly happy or high. During Pat’s trip to his therapist, he acts out, displays excessive anger, and unnecessarily wrecks the magazine shelf after hearing a particular song playing in the background. The song was his wedding song and also the song that was played when he caught his wife cheating, which acted as a trigger. A while after, he confides with his therapist about the whole ordeal. Before the incident, he makes a 911 phone call, falsely claiming his wife and the history teacher were trying to embezzle him. After catching the two in the act, he brutally attacks the teacher nearly to death. Another instance of his mood swings, is when Pat couldn’t find his wedding tape and lashes out. He accidentally hits his mother in the process, in which he and his father gets into a shuffle and ultimately wakes up the whole neighborhood. An example of fear of abandonment in the film is when Pat refuses to accept the fact that his marriage with Nikki is over and continues to wear his wedding ring. As part of his therapy, Pat must take his medications daily yet he refuses and this demonstrates feelings of emptiness. He thinks the pills are useless and has no purpose so decides to skip them. This leads to an impulsive appetite such as running around the neighborhood block in a garbage bag and going by Nikki’s house and workplace a couple of times despite the restraining order put against him by her. Pat displays most of the symptoms listed except for having suicidal thoughts. At no point in the film had Pat expressed

In the movie “The Deer Hunter” a psychological disorder is depicted in the film. This disorder is depicted on the main character of the film. In this film one see clearly what the disorder is and the symptoms that depict that it is indeed a disorder. Following what caused the character to get the disorder. What followed after, once he had the disorder? How it affected the character of the movie and those around him. What changed in his life and if he received any type of treatment because of the disorder. Then finally, what happened to the character in the end of the film. In the film, it starts off with three characters and how their lives are like, but then all three go to war. This event leads to the disorder for the character Michael “Mike” Vronsky. The symptoms are depicted after he returns home from the war in Vietnam.

At 87 years old, Bob Wiley died last month at his house in New York. In his forties, Bob suffered from several specific phobias, dependent personality disorder, and panic disorder with agoraphobia. Bob was scared of being in enclosed or small spaces and of germs. He was so worried about getting an illness that he would use a tissue to touch a door or a car handle. Furthermore, he would always bring his pet goldfish Gil with him wherever he would go. When Mr. Wiley switched to Dr. Leo Marvin for therapy, Bob started to depend excessively on his psychiatrist. After Dr. Marvin left for vacation, Bob called Dr. Marvin twice to get help – once as himself and once acting like he was Lily Marvin, Dr. Marvin’s sister. Bob even faked his own death to get his psychiatrist’s vacation home address to see him during his vacation in New Hampshire. Then, after getting Leo Marvin’s address, Bob rode a bus from New York to New Hampshire to get help from Dr. Marvin. However, due to his

In the film What about Bob, the movie starts off with Bob Willey sitting in bed telling himself “I feel great, I feel good, and I feel wonderful.” Without these words of encouragement he wouldn’t make it through day. Bob Wiley is quite the interesting character; he suffers from so many disorders. First he is faced with ongoing anxiety issues throughout the movie. Anxiety disorder is when a “person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal,” which describes Bob’s character perfectly.

Throughout the memoir, Fisher’s mindset about how she views herself altered negatively due to her bipolar disorder. Her negative views about herself came from the criticism of others due to the stigma surrounding bipolar disorder. Ever since the time of her diagnosis Fisher has felt embarrassed to have bipolar disorder, but she is not the only one to have these feelings “more than half of patients with bipolar disorder were embarrassed or ashamed at the time of diagnosis” (Lewis 36). As a result of this Fisher, started to feel as though she didn’t belong in this world, becoming ashamed to be who she is which caused her to shut down. This feeling also caused a major impact on her perspective, making her feel as though she is not good enough and that she does not belong here, causing her to have a negative self-outlook. As Fisher puts it, “we [bipolar disorder patients] are always trying to determine what’s going on in this distant, inaccessible, incomprehensible place” (6) called earth, never seeming to fit in

This is done with careful evaluation of the client history and recurring symptoms of extreme emotions. According to Varcarolis and Halter (2010), "Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and devastating brain disorder that affects a person's thinking, emotions, language, social actions, and ability to recognize reality accurately". On the other spectrum Larson, Walker and Compton (2010), states that "Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are among the most debilitating mental illnesses because multiple facets of functioning are impaired". Patients with schizoaffective disorder typically are withdrawn, isolated and suspicious of others. These characteristics will greatly impact their quality of life. In addition, bipolar is a mood disorder with repeated event of depression and

The characteristics that I choose that represent Michael’s behavior are, an unhealthy dependence on the relationship, poor communication, difficulty identifying feelings and difficulty adjusting to change. Michael showed unhealthy dependence on the relationship during Alice’s recovery when

There is person who is known to have psychological problems, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, and substance abuse disorder. For the most part it seems most of these have been known to go hand-in-hand. At least from what this learner has notices in most cases with people she has known to have bipolar disorder. Some how it seems each disorder follows each other around, like a shadow follows a person on a sunny day. So how exactly would one begin to even try to explain or describe this person’s problems? The six theoretical models would be the best place to try to start. First, we have the biological perspective, if a child’s parents are both bipolar then this child has a 10%-50% chance of being bipolar themselves (). If both parents are

George was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder, severe with mood-congruent psychotic features. Previously to being admitted to the hospital, George experienced his first serious depressive episode in college. He began to lose interest in everything, including his friends, girlfriend, and sports. Soon he began taking taking antidepressant medication and attending individual counseling sessions and was back to normal within several weeks. However, his symptoms for bipolar disorder came back over time (see below). While in college, he also experienced manic episodes. He was described as having periods of unusual ambition and energy. However, these symptoms went undiagnosed because his excess verbosity, his lack of need for sleep, and his ambitious goals did not seem pathological. This was due to the fact that his energy was productive, and probably adaptive in the competitive university environment. 8 months before his current state, George experienced yet another depressive episode. He began to worry excessively about his team and had trouble sleeping but felt tired all the time. His mood changed from tension and anxiety to severe depression. He began to blame himself for

hi hi Bob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series, Bob appears in a stop motion animated programme as a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of anthropomorphised work-vehicles and equipment. The show is broadcast in many countries, but originates from the United Kingdom where Bob is voiced by English actor Neil Morrissey. The show was later created using CGI animation starting with the spin-off series Ready, Steady, Build!.

The negative self- cencept created by accusations of lying and the physical altercations/ lack of realtionship with his brothers could lead to a dimished sense of self- worth, leading to Bob’s feelings of depression. Murdock wrote that “depression, for example, would be seen as probably involving a negative self concept that resulted from an excess of conditions of worth” (159). This indicates that Bob’s negative sense of worth could absolutely be the cause of his depressive tendancies, as well as his constant state of sadness. This sadness and anxiety (as mentioned above, where Bob sees where his problems are affecting his relationships) are the cause of his inability to hold down a job, have a stable relationship with his girlfriend, and avoid interactions with his father and brothers.