What Is Antisocial Personality Disorder In Silver Linings Playbook?

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Psychiatric and psychological theories focus more on the individual and their state of mind but refuse to put into consideration of other factors that are social or external causes.
Personality plays a major role as a motivating factor which drives individuals to behave in certain a way. It is the catalyst behind every motive and most crimes are committed due to personality disorder and unstable mental state of the offender.
Antisocial personality was exhibited in the movie Silver Linings Playbook at various intervals by Pat, a role played by Bradley Cooper. People that suffer from antisocial personality disorder are individuals whose behaviors bring them into trouble on several occasions with the society without learning from their past experience. …show more content…

This theory emphasizes that it is the ability of a person to alter his or her own response regardless of what they have learned or irrespective of their personality. This happened multiple times as Tiffany taught Pat how to control his emotions in order to stay out of trouble. She taught him how to turn his rage into something positive which will prevent him from going back to the prison or hospital where he will be kept with other mentally unstable people. When Pat was upset about his father’s bet on his football team winning and his dance result, Tiffany let him realize that he can’t quit but rather see it as a challenge and turn it into a positive …show more content…

It takes a lot of mutual support and understanding from the society, family, and friends to help stabilize the life of anyone with any mental health issue. This was shown in the movie when she tried to help him to understand what he is going through. She seems to be the only one among his family and friends who seem to know what it means to be in such a position. His therapist knowing her personality type advised she might be able to help Pat stabilize his life. She jogged with him so as to get him engage in form of interaction, dancing and even accepting to deliver his letter just to make him live a normal life irrespective of his previous sad experiences. Tiffany is a bridge builder by restoring joy to Pat’s family which is at the edge of falling

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