Essay On Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars has been a fan favorite for younger female TV viewers since 2010 when the show first made its debut. Show watchers tuned in eagerly on Tuesdays at 8 o’clock in the evening just to discover the identity of the mysterious “A” that was haunting Aria, Hannah, Spencer, and Emily. The first revealed “A” was a secretive leading character named Mona Vanderwaal. As the show’s story unfolds, the audience learns that Mona suffers from a personality disorder; this is diagnosed by Mona’s psychologist that she is seeing throughout the show. However, I believe she could also be suffering from an anxiety disorder influenced by Alison Dilaurentis, which is revealed later in the show. Lastly, I believe that the victim and the devil of the …show more content…
They may have missed the fact that she has intense anxiety, and that the specific personality disorder that Mona suffers from is borderline personality disorder. At first, when watching the show, I was convinced she may suffer from D.I.D. or even schizophrenia disorder; nonetheless, when we were in class learning about the personality disorders, I realized that she associates with borderline personality a lot more. Her symptoms are almost exactly related, so I would give the directors an applause for their portrayal of personality disorder within Mona Vanderwaal. With Alison, however, it is hard to determine if the diagnosis is true since the director does not have Alison sit down with a psychologist; instead, for her case, I went in blind and diagnosed based off of my true opinion from watching the show. In my opinion, Alison’s actions do link up to dissociative identity disorder with symptoms of potentially developing a personality disorder as a result of all the excessive lying. This was indeed an interesting assignment; hindsight, I never would have thought to examine a television show so closely, but this assignment provided a way to extend what we learn in class into our daily lives, even if it is not