William Rafael PSY-201-006 Professor Will Shingleton The Presentation of Psychological Disorders in The Bear Why are there so many misconstrued ideas about psychological disorders in the media? Countless series and films use extremely stereotypical methodologies to demonstrate people with psychological disorders. Although they may shed some awareness on the topic of psychological disorders and mental health, these television series and films also lead to the development of false stereotypes surrounding people with these issues and cause confusion about how psychological disorders present themselves. In the context of The Bear, the FX show released in June of 2022, the directors managed to present mental health and psychological disorders, such …show more content…
The show follows Carmen “Carmie” Berzatto, a young and prolific chef and former James Beard award winner. Carmie inherits his family’s old restaurant, The Original Beef of Chicagoland, because his brother committed suicide and left the restaurant to him. Carmie must find a way to make the unorganized mess his brother Michael left him into a respectable restaurant that lives up to his standards. Carmie struggles to make ends meet in the restaurant, faced with multiple obstacles such as failed inspections, irritable staff, and his own personal issues. Luckily, Carmie finds a secret stash of money in the cans of the restaurant’s pasta sauce, enough to fund a new project to renovate the restaurant into his dream restaurant, The Bear, that he envisioned creating with Michael. Carmie makes the new restaurant happen after weeks of long and arduous renovation work, but the process ruins Carmie’s mental …show more content…
In the episode “Fishes” in season 2, they dedicate an episode where they show their Christmas Day family reunion. In the episode, Donna demonstrates multiple symptoms throughout the episode. According to the NIH, bipolar disorder is characterized by manic and depressive episodes, such as being easily distracted, a flight of ideas, feeling wired, feeling sad, feeling worthless, and poor judgment (Bipolar Disorder, 2024). Donna experiences both a manic and depressive episode at the same time. She gets easily distracted by her guests, is talkative, and feels she needs people’s undivided attention. Donna then feels depressed because nobody appreciates her, and then she crashes into the house. She even threatens her daughter by saying that she is going to shoot herself because nobody appreciates her in their family. Although this was her worst episode, the family says Donna's actions are another instance of her craziness. Although the episode may not be exactly accurate in representing bipolar disorder because of how exaggerated some of the symptoms were, the producers still shed light on how drastic and impactful people with bipolar disorder are. They did not show any means of feeling sympathy for her and people with bipolar disorder apart from avoiding potential triggers. Still, the show does a great job of using Donna’s bipolar disorder to highlight the chaotic and crazy family
In a seaside city, on the same block as “It’s Your Funeral” Crematorium and “The Petalphile” florist, sits the greasy burger joint “Bob’s Burgers”. Bob’s Burgers follows the Belchers, the family that runs this all-American restaurant. Bob and Linda Belcher have three kids: Tina, Gene, and Louise. Each character on the show is vastly different and dynamic. Bob’s Burgers has been on Fox since January of 2011 and has become a prime animated show loved by millions. Because it has such a large audience, the messages Bob’s Burgers portrays are important to examine. Bob 's Burgers is a progressive television show by showing appropriate gender roles and conveys the message that the audience can excel in life no matter their background.
Some symptoms of bipolar would be inflated self-esteem, inability to sit still or sleep restfully, pressure to keep talking or switch topics, racing thoughts, and difficulty concentrating. Bipolar can be caused by genetics and one’s environment. Some examples in the movie “Mommie Dearest” Joan Crawford showed was the scene where Joan and her current boyfriend were walking on the beach and she was talking about wanting kids and was perfectly fine for the most part until she started talking about she wanted her kids to have a father unlike her and she suddenly became mad and began ranting about how her father was never around. Another way Joan Crawford displayed bipolar disorder was when she just received the news over the phone that she received a part that she auditioned for until she went to tell her daughter Christine and saw her pretending to receive an award and she became outraged and cut Christine’s
Several theories exist as to what might lead a person to develop bipolar disorder. In Virginia Woolf's case, many scholars related her illness to childhood sexual abuse by her older stepbrothers, on the basis of Freudian theory (Carmango, 1992). Uebelacker (2006) researches correlations between family functioning and the course of bipolar disorder and finds that stable family relationships would likely make it easier for bipolar family members to manage their symptoms. In Woolf's case, family problems may have played a major role, not in the development of her disease, but in the onsets of her episodes (Carmango, 1992). A person’s environmental forces do not cause bipolar disorder.
Mental disorders are a common condition that many people and families have to live with and go through in their lifetime. The disorders are more common than one may think, and in fact they are all around us we just may not know. In the 1993 film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”, the movie stars Johnny Depp who takes the role of a small-town man, Gilbert Grape, who takes care of his fatherless family of five. The movie shows many characteristics of autism, depression, and eating disorders. It shows examples of the life that those effected with the disorders have to live with every day.
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Abnormal Psychology Abnormal psychology in the area within psychology that is focused on maladaptive behavior-its causes, consequences, and treatment. Abnormal psychology deals with how it feels to be different, the meanings the get attached to being different, and how society deals with people whom it considers to be different. The spectrum of differences is wide, ranging from reality defying delusions and severe debilitations to worries and behavioral quirks that we would be better off not having but do not significantly interfere with our daily lives. An example of the milder end of the spectrum is a man who was an eminently successful district attorney, was elected governor of New York on three occasions, and was almost elected president of the United States in 1948. This man, Thomas E. Dewy, reached the pinnacle of success, displaying such qualities as rectitude, efficiency, precision, and nearly limitless capacity for hard work.
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Abnormal psychology may be somewhat rare to catch a glimpse of in public vicinity. However, in motion pictures, numerous upon numerous forms and subtype examples of abnormal psychological disorders are perceived. As for my film of choice I have selected Girl Interrupted. The 1999 picture with lead actress Winona Ryder who plays the role of Susanna Kaysen, a soon to be patient at an exclusive mental hospital with costar Angelina Jolie, who takes on the role of a maddened, wound up sociopath. Encased within the film, Susanna Kaysen displays the signs and symptoms of a woman with borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder abbreviated to BPD, is an illness regarding mental health that spawns a great deal of emotional unsteadiness and unpredictability and has the capability to trail off into other stressing mental and behavioral difficulties.
The film, Of Two Minds, is based on real life accounts of individuals living with bipolar disorder. Before watching this film, I had an idea of what bipolar disorder is , but after viewing this film I was completely mistaken. Previously, I thought being bipolar was going from a “normal” mood to an angry or sad mood in a matter of seconds and could be simply fixed by taking medicine. But my previous thoughts were completely wrong and bipolar disorder is very serious and complicated. I didn’t know the severity of this disease and I think a lot of the general public is uneducated about bipolar disorder as well as mental illness. Terri Cheney describes having bipolar disorder as, “Take the best day you ever had and multiply it by a million, it 's like a flu but one hundred times worse. It 's having flu in your mind."
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