Silver Lining Playbook Mental Illness

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The movie Silver Lining Playbook, was accurate in it’s portrayal of mental illness. It was filmed through Pat’s perspective. Pat was recently released from a mental health hospital for bipolar. His wife wanted a restraining order put on him. Throughout the movie he was trying to overcome his disorder and gain his wife’s trust back.
The movie begins by Pat coming home from the hospital. He planned to stay with his parents as he makes the transition to daily life. He was began reading all the books on his ex-wife’s syllabus since she was a high school teacher. He would go for a run and read at night. He was attempting to study busy and exercise; both are recommended coping methods. His friend invited him to dinner. The dinner turned into a
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He agrees to do it if TIffany keeps bringing the letters to Nikki. Part of the movie included his father and how he handles his disorder. Pat’s father also has bipolar, which makes it realistic, since bipolar is hereditary. Pat’s father is a football fanatic. He is superstitious about football, the remotes have to be a certain way and pointing a certain direction. Pat also has to be there, but he has to be mentally stable. His father also bids on the game, which is where the obsessive compulsive tendencies stem from. Tiffany ends up convincing his father that the team wins only when Pat is with her. She uses stats in order to get his father to let him perform in the dance …show more content…
Pat came home earlier from his high school teaching job, and went inside to find his wife. He heard their wedding song playing, so he followed the music upstairs. His wife was in the shower, but then you see it was with another man. Nikki was cheating on Pat with another high school teacher. Pat went ballistic and began physical harming the man while he was still in the shower. Nikki was standing in the shower with the other man’s blood flowing everywhere. Nikki uses the incident as a scapegoat for not contacting Pat. She would say she was scared and was afraid he would hurt

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