Mommie Dearest

It is also hard for these people to maintain healthy relationship. Joan Crawford showed many signs of borderline personality disorder throughout Mommie Dearest. One example can be seen in throughout her many marriages. Joan Crawford was married four times, all of them resulting in divorce, minus her last marriage to Alfred Steele, where she was widowed. Joan is shown throughout most of them movie with her boyfriend, Greg. In one scene, Greg and Joan are shown in a restaurant, having a marvelous time, however they have to push through the throng of her fans to get to the entrance. When Greg and Joan finally sit down together, she starts lecturing him about how he should have stuck by her side. One minute she was happy with him, and the next, she was lecturing him like a child. Ultimately, their relationship ended, and he was cut out of her life. Perhaps the most memorable scene, which depicts…

completely disoriented and have to clean everything in sight. Obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD is more than just cleaning; it has to do with your brain constantly performing acts unintentionally (Rathus, 2010). Obsessive-compulsive disorder can affect people’s attitudes in negative ways, like in the 1981 film Mommie Dearest, directed by Frank Perry, which accurately portrays how OCD can ruin a family and career. Mommie Dearest for the majority…

In the movie Mommie Dearest, Joan Crawford is revealed to be more of a psychotic, spastic, greedy woman than many people of that era realized. Based off of the real life of the Hollywood celebrity as told by her adopted daughter Christina, Mommie Dearest shows more adverse life Crawford lived at home compared to the life she lived in the spotlight. Joan suffered from many personality disorders, or certain qualities in your identity that show up after certain situations that can strain both…

Everyone is different when it comes to height, weight, race, gender, ethnicity, etc. We often think of those as how it defines who you are, Although, physical traits play a big role in your life, so can psychological, which can shape your everyday life. In the film, Mommie Dearest this is shown accurately throughout. Mommie Dearest is about Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway), a famous actress. Joan decides she wants to adopt children. The first child he adopts is, Christina Crawford (Diana Scarwid).…

“I think I can; I think I can; I think I can.” She had me say it over and over until I knew that I couldn’t. Mommie Dearest, she was sometimes, because as she always said to me, “sometimes she was good, and sometimes she was bad and sometimes she was just very very very horrid.” That was the little girl with a curl right in the middle of her forehead… Me, that was me. So my life could be about early childhood neglect, abuse or whatever the…

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…

As for the person diagnosed with these disorders, their behavior and personality can range from good and bad. In the movie Mommie Dearest, by Christina Crawford, we were shown the life of a woman suffering from many psychological disorders herself. The movie was written by the woman's daughter, who did not personally have any diagnosed disorders, but felt the wrath of each of her mother's. Four specific disorders that was shown throughout the movie were borderline personality disorder, OCPD,…

Beyond the absurd appearance that often corresponds to mentally ill characters, oftentimes those with mental illnesses are demonstrated as acting nonsensical and with behaviors that border on comical. In my introduction, I described a scene from the movie Mommie Dearest, in which a mentally ill mother realizes that her daughter is using wire hangers to hang her dresses and has a mental breakdown, ripping clothing from the closet and savagely beating her daughter. Throughout the duration of this…

Joan Crawford’s Disorders In the film, Mommie Dearest, Joan Crawford demonstrates multiple different personality disorders, each of which take a part in dictating most of her life. A personality disorder involves repetitive characteristics that interrupt one’s home and work life. More likely than not, a personality disorder causes distress and affects the individual in a negative way. (Rathus, 2010, p.526). Four of these disorders that were shown by the main character are: obsessive-compulsive…

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.…