Borderline Personality Disorders In Rob Reiner's Film Misery
Rob Reiner’s 1990 film ‘Misery’ tells the story of a famous writer who, after a serious car crash, gets rescued by a fan named Annie. While nursing the author back to health, Annie’s obsession takes a dark turn. From the surface, Annie may only appear as an old lady who was obsessed with a celebrity, but Annie’s issues are much more complex than that.Annie shows severe symptoms of bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.Annie begins to display symptoms of bipolar disorder as a few days have passed since she had rescued author Paul Sheldon. While nursing him back to health, Annie expresses how she is Paul’s number one fan. It becomes apparent that Annie does not want Paul to leave. She has lied and
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Other cases, she would feel euphoric and full of energy. Since Annie was not receiving proper treatment for her behavior, she was not able to keep her moods in check.Annie’s erratic behavior also shows symptoms for borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder also has an effect on someone’s mood, whether it be anxiety, depression or anger, (Nimh.gov, ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’, 2016). Annie does not have any friends or family; she appears to have had no real contact with the outside world before rescuing Paul. The only time she leaves her house is when she is going to the grocery store. Little is known about what may have happened to Annie’s family. She makes an effort not to interact with people. She cannot maintain a stable relationship with anyone. She has almost lost touch with reality since she is so into her own world. When she brought Paul back to her home, she almost did not know how to act being around another person. People diagnosed with BPD feel distressed and angerover minor situations. (Nimh.gov,’ BPD’, 2016). For example, when Paul told Annie that he waskilling off one of her favorite characters in his series, Misery, she was furious and she reacted by spilling soup on him. To a person without this disorder, it would have been a minute situation.To Annie, Paul killing Misery off was way deeper than that. It was almost as if he had killed off a person that she had come to connect with and love in real
Other cases, she would feel euphoric and full of energy. Since Annie was not receiving proper treatment for her behavior, she was not able to keep her moods in check.Annie’s erratic behavior also shows symptoms for borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder also has an effect on someone’s mood, whether it be anxiety, depression or anger, (Nimh.gov, ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’, 2016). Annie does not have any friends or family; she appears to have had no real contact with the outside world before rescuing Paul. The only time she leaves her house is when she is going to the grocery store. Little is known about what may have happened to Annie’s family. She makes an effort not to interact with people. She cannot maintain a stable relationship with anyone. She has almost lost touch with reality since she is so into her own world. When she brought Paul back to her home, she almost did not know how to act being around another person. People diagnosed with BPD feel distressed and angerover minor situations. (Nimh.gov,’ BPD’, 2016). For example, when Paul told Annie that he waskilling off one of her favorite characters in his series, Misery, she was furious and she reacted by spilling soup on him. To a person without this disorder, it would have been a minute situation.To Annie, Paul killing Misery off was way deeper than that. It was almost as if he had killed off a person that she had come to connect with and love in real