Psychological disorders are very common in the everyday world. These disorders can cause patterns in the personality of individuals and sometimes cause them to act aggressive and hostile. Borderline Personality Disorder is one of such disorders. It can cause huge problems for the friends and family of people that are diagnosed with it. In the movie Mommie Dearest the main character, Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway), has many of the common signs that would point to her possibly having this disorder.
The movie starts with introducing the main character Joan Crawford who is said to be a famous and rich actor. The movie starts with her waking up and then obsessively cleaning herself ritualistically. She then is shown cleaning her house despite having …show more content…
Those that have the previously mentioned Borderline Personality are said to have a lot of problems with relationships (Rathus, 2010) Very early on in the movie Joan is said to have had a lot of unstable relationships, having been married and divorced a few times. After this point of the movie she shows this instability with her spouse Gregg. Gregg eventually leaves Joan and Joan ends up talking to another man as evident when Christina walks in on her with her spouse. Later in Joan’s life she ends up with a guy named Alfred Steele (Harry Goz). The two fight over financial problems quite a lot and the relationship ends when Steele dies. Joan overall has a very bad track record when it comes to relationships and they usually do not end well. Joan also changes her mood very quickly, which is a trait that a lot of people with Borderline Personality Disorder have (Rathus, 2010). The first example is when she is at the party she was having for Christina. She acts very friendly towards Christina however she then ends up acting strict and taking away her presents. She also acts really excited after getting the role which she wanted, yet as soon as she sees that Christina was mocking her in Joan’s mirror her mood changes significantly fast. Joan then acts aggressive towards Christina and cuts off her hair, despite being in an extremely excited mood prior. Another mood change she has is when Joan sees the wire hangers in Christina’s room as soon as she sees them instantly acts aggressive towards Christina and starts beating her for little to no reason. Finally, when she was taking Christina home from boarding school, she acts friendly to the lady that was writing about her, but as soon as Christina tells the lady the truth Joan attacks
The movie starts with introducing the main character Joan Crawford who is said to be a famous and rich actor. The movie starts with her waking up and then obsessively cleaning herself ritualistically. She then is shown cleaning her house despite having …show more content…
Those that have the previously mentioned Borderline Personality are said to have a lot of problems with relationships (Rathus, 2010) Very early on in the movie Joan is said to have had a lot of unstable relationships, having been married and divorced a few times. After this point of the movie she shows this instability with her spouse Gregg. Gregg eventually leaves Joan and Joan ends up talking to another man as evident when Christina walks in on her with her spouse. Later in Joan’s life she ends up with a guy named Alfred Steele (Harry Goz). The two fight over financial problems quite a lot and the relationship ends when Steele dies. Joan overall has a very bad track record when it comes to relationships and they usually do not end well. Joan also changes her mood very quickly, which is a trait that a lot of people with Borderline Personality Disorder have (Rathus, 2010). The first example is when she is at the party she was having for Christina. She acts very friendly towards Christina however she then ends up acting strict and taking away her presents. She also acts really excited after getting the role which she wanted, yet as soon as she sees that Christina was mocking her in Joan’s mirror her mood changes significantly fast. Joan then acts aggressive towards Christina and cuts off her hair, despite being in an extremely excited mood prior. Another mood change she has is when Joan sees the wire hangers in Christina’s room as soon as she sees them instantly acts aggressive towards Christina and starts beating her for little to no reason. Finally, when she was taking Christina home from boarding school, she acts friendly to the lady that was writing about her, but as soon as Christina tells the lady the truth Joan attacks