The psychological reactions that involved in the movie
In this movie, several psychological reactions involved, one of them is self-defense mechanism and the other one is 5 Stages of Grief.
First of all, in the movie, Charlie had forgotten everything about being abused by aunt Helen as a child. Actually, Charlie was using self-defense mechanism to avoid being hurt. Self-defense mechanism was first suggested by Sigmund Freund. (Meleod,2009) The theory claimed that when experienced unacceptable or distressing events, self-defense mechanism may be estimated, human will adopt several approaches such as repression, acting out and dissociation.
In this case, since there is a strong relationship between Charlie and his aunt Helen, Charlie love his …show more content…
At the end of the movie, despite Charlie realized that he was sexually abused by aunt Helen, he just went home alone and kept thinking it did not happen. As a result, Charlie has experienced the first stage which is denial & isolation. Also, after that, Charlie started to bargaining. Charlie called to his sister, and bargaining about if aunt Helen did not go to buy him a gift, aunt Helen would not die in the traffic accident. It indicated that Charlie was experiencing the other stage which is bargaining. Moreover, after Charlie hung up the call, he tried to use the knife to hurt himself, it clearly showed that he was experiencing the depression stage. Finally, Charlie been saved by the police officer, and seek help from the psychologist and go through the therapy. It showed that Charlie was experiencing the final stage which is acceptance.
The inspiration and changes induced from the movie
This movie is really interesting and enlightening, until the end of the movie, we finally realized that Charlie was sexually abused by his aunt, and this is really shocking. In the early stages of the film, Helen did not show anything strange in Charlie's memory, she seems to be a very nice and kind person. However, she is the culprit who leading Charlie develop PTSD. As an audient, I think I am as shock as Charlie did.
This really helps me to understand the feeling of Charlie and make me started to reflect …show more content…
From the movie, it showed some effective way which can be a good example for me to learn with tackling stressors. However, it also showed some unhealthy way to cope with stress, such as drug abuse and suicide. According to Anxiety and Depression Associated of American (2014), exercise can also reduce the stress and anxiety level. America Psychological Association (2017), also provided some way to reduce stress and anxiety, such as take a break from the stressors. If we choose the right way to tackle stressors, it will be more effectively.
Conclusion
In this article, I first introduced a movie called The Perks of Being a Wallflower which is a Teen film related to PTSD. Then, I recognized the stressors of the actor have to deal with. Also, I discuss the psychological reactions and responses involved in this movie and relate the reactions to psychological theories. Finally, I started to reflect myself on several
In this movie, several psychological reactions involved, one of them is self-defense mechanism and the other one is 5 Stages of Grief.
First of all, in the movie, Charlie had forgotten everything about being abused by aunt Helen as a child. Actually, Charlie was using self-defense mechanism to avoid being hurt. Self-defense mechanism was first suggested by Sigmund Freund. (Meleod,2009) The theory claimed that when experienced unacceptable or distressing events, self-defense mechanism may be estimated, human will adopt several approaches such as repression, acting out and dissociation.
In this case, since there is a strong relationship between Charlie and his aunt Helen, Charlie love his …show more content…
At the end of the movie, despite Charlie realized that he was sexually abused by aunt Helen, he just went home alone and kept thinking it did not happen. As a result, Charlie has experienced the first stage which is denial & isolation. Also, after that, Charlie started to bargaining. Charlie called to his sister, and bargaining about if aunt Helen did not go to buy him a gift, aunt Helen would not die in the traffic accident. It indicated that Charlie was experiencing the other stage which is bargaining. Moreover, after Charlie hung up the call, he tried to use the knife to hurt himself, it clearly showed that he was experiencing the depression stage. Finally, Charlie been saved by the police officer, and seek help from the psychologist and go through the therapy. It showed that Charlie was experiencing the final stage which is acceptance.
The inspiration and changes induced from the movie
This movie is really interesting and enlightening, until the end of the movie, we finally realized that Charlie was sexually abused by his aunt, and this is really shocking. In the early stages of the film, Helen did not show anything strange in Charlie's memory, she seems to be a very nice and kind person. However, she is the culprit who leading Charlie develop PTSD. As an audient, I think I am as shock as Charlie did.
This really helps me to understand the feeling of Charlie and make me started to reflect …show more content…
From the movie, it showed some effective way which can be a good example for me to learn with tackling stressors. However, it also showed some unhealthy way to cope with stress, such as drug abuse and suicide. According to Anxiety and Depression Associated of American (2014), exercise can also reduce the stress and anxiety level. America Psychological Association (2017), also provided some way to reduce stress and anxiety, such as take a break from the stressors. If we choose the right way to tackle stressors, it will be more effectively.
Conclusion
In this article, I first introduced a movie called The Perks of Being a Wallflower which is a Teen film related to PTSD. Then, I recognized the stressors of the actor have to deal with. Also, I discuss the psychological reactions and responses involved in this movie and relate the reactions to psychological theories. Finally, I started to reflect myself on several