Silver Linings Playbook Movie Essay

The psychological disorder that was illustrated in the movie Silver Linings Playbook is bipolar disorder. The main character is Pat Solitano and he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he nearly beat his wife’s lover to death. As the movie goes on we are also introduced to Tiffany who seems just as “crazy” as Pat, but amazingly she helps him control his episodes through dancing. According to the DSM-5, a book published by the American Psychiatric Association, which helps psychologists diagnose a person with a mental illness, Pat does somewhat reach abnormality. His mood swings lead him to do things that would not be considered “ok” by society and his mood swings also interfere with his daily life as well as his relationship with the people around him. The first half of the movie we see he hardly gets any sleep because he is reading books in order to catch up with his wife’s, which is a teacher, English syllabus. Once he finishes reading one of the books he is so angered by the ending he throws the book out of his window, breaking the glass, and waking his parents at

During these outbreaks he seems to be remembering the time that he caught his wife cheating on him and their wedding song plays in his head. In the movie we see certain symptoms that are considered to be of the bipolar disorder. For example, we

Pat tries to go around people but it seems that almost everyone is afraid of him and of what he will do. His father and mother are concerned for him but they have faith that he will change and that in the end everything will turn out okay. During the film we see that his father is constantly telling Pat how much he believes in him and that he just wants the best for him. In my opinion the impact on the ones around him were portrayed realistically there is a great deal of emotion and faith within the film they make it believable for the