Mommie Dearest Movie Essay

Joan Crawford, may have seemed like a normal person in society’s eyes, but in reality and behind closed doors she was a monstrous human being. As shown in the movie Mommie Dearest, Joan suffered from numerous personality disorders. With Joan Crawford’s obsessive compulsive disorder there would never be a single spot on her marble floor. Following the obsessive compulsive disorder, is Joan and her borderline personality disorder, where she can transform from a sweet little bunny to a ravage deadly T-Rex. As well as her narcissistic personality disorder, Joan believes that she is the most important person in the world. Lastly, she suffers from histrionic personality disorder leading her to live an over emotional lifestyle. Overall, Joan Crawford’s …show more content…
Rathus author of Psychology Principles & Practices refers to obsessive compulsive disorder as unwanted thoughts and mental images that occur in repetition in one’s mind (2010). Obsessive compulsive disorder is shown in the film Mommie Dearest through the life of Joan Crawford. Towards the beginning of the film, Mrs. Crawford is shown scrubbing her floors to meet her own standards even with the presence of two maids. No matter how hard the maids worked, the floor was never kept up to Mrs. Crawford’s standards and in the end she scrubbed the floor herself due to the fact it had to be cleaned a certain way to meet her psychological standards. Mrs. Crawford’s obsessive compulsive disorder is also shown during the famous no wire hanger scene in the film. For most people the ownership of a wire hanger would be normal however, for Mrs. Crawford there was to be no presence of any wire hanger in her home and all hangers must be of the same type, also showing signs of obsessive compulsive disorder. Overall, Mrs. Crawford shows an indefinite number reasons representing her obsessive compulsive