Susanna Kaysen, is a 19-year-old white American female, born and raised in an upper middle class household in Cambridge, Massachusetts. while graduating high school, Susanna was the only graduating student who didn’t have a future plan and no aims of going to university. All she realized was that she wanted to write; however, she had no indications and was forced by her parents and others expectations.
Contextual Information
Susanna being the only child and who appeared to have a fairly distance and broad-minded relationship with her parents, coming from an upper middle class environment; she was required to meet the high burdens and hopes from her parents, school and others. Her mother and father hosted dinner nights frequently and expected Susanna to play a respectable part in the household, a female who worries about how …show more content…
There seems to be a huge detachment among her disconnect between the understandings of her parents. Susanna never had close friends and went through a very lonely childhood. She is a single female and had numerous sexual partners but none of them ever turned into a long-term relationship. Susanna used to live with her parents until a year ago when she committed suicide by consuming a bottle of aspirin and chugging a whole bottle of vodka. She was immediately admitted to Mclean hospital where they forced the drugs out of her body.
Symptoms
After a consultation with a therapist and a get-up-and-go from her parents, Susanna is requested to visit the claymore mental health institution where she voluntarily signs herself in for a quick recovery. Susanna shows some symptoms such as a mood disorders, she experiences a shift in moods and feels like she has no sense of herself at all. Susanna has suicidal thoughts and does things to provide to a possible suicide
Contextual Information
Susanna being the only child and who appeared to have a fairly distance and broad-minded relationship with her parents, coming from an upper middle class environment; she was required to meet the high burdens and hopes from her parents, school and others. Her mother and father hosted dinner nights frequently and expected Susanna to play a respectable part in the household, a female who worries about how …show more content…
There seems to be a huge detachment among her disconnect between the understandings of her parents. Susanna never had close friends and went through a very lonely childhood. She is a single female and had numerous sexual partners but none of them ever turned into a long-term relationship. Susanna used to live with her parents until a year ago when she committed suicide by consuming a bottle of aspirin and chugging a whole bottle of vodka. She was immediately admitted to Mclean hospital where they forced the drugs out of her body.
Symptoms
After a consultation with a therapist and a get-up-and-go from her parents, Susanna is requested to visit the claymore mental health institution where she voluntarily signs herself in for a quick recovery. Susanna shows some symptoms such as a mood disorders, she experiences a shift in moods and feels like she has no sense of herself at all. Susanna has suicidal thoughts and does things to provide to a possible suicide