What do you think her real psychiatric illness was???
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kiradl — 17 years ago(May 04, 2008 12:44 AM)
I always thought she was bipolar the way she went from over-the-top highs to the serious lows. I've seen bipolar and when people are manic they can be completely out of control, irrational, obsessed, etc. I don't know why they insist she was just depressed.
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lissa100771-1 — 17 years ago(June 26, 2008 07:19 AM)
She reminded me of my Mom, who is Bipolar and has slight schizophrenia. ESPECIALLY how she acted when she was gluing those eyes to the walls of the place they were staying.
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indiefilmslover — 14 years ago(April 15, 2011 01:39 PM)
Yes they did. It was dead on, i would know, not only did I study mental illness in college and in my own free time, I have Borderline Personality Disorder and know how it feels. I can tell you they did do a great job of portraying her illness. This movie must have been created by a Borderline.
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BulmaPunkRocker — 11 years ago(June 02, 2014 02:39 PM)
I don't think so. I had been missdiagnosed more than once with Borderline PD, but I do not have that illness. Shrinks gets confused because I still have some issues regarding PTSD and I do have major clinical depression.
To shrinks, almost everyone is "borderline". Drew's character seems to have Bipolar Depression (aka Manic-Depression).
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indiefilmslover — 14 years ago(April 15, 2011 01:42 PM)
Absolutely without a doubt i know this was Borderline Personality disorder. I've studied it in and out in college and on my own time so I know. Also i have Borderline, i can't see them doing a better job at portraying it, it was nearly flawless in every way possible. The families, Chris O'Donnell character, the effect on the families, perfect. I ran my boyfriend through the ringer just like Drew, did the same things almost, have the same behavior yet not as bad now. I saw myself in Drew's character, she was absolutely brilliant.
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BulmaPunkRocker — 11 years ago(June 02, 2014 07:58 PM)
Remember the time when everyone was diagnosed with Bi-polar Depression? nOw everyone is diagnosed with "Borderline Personality Disorder". I had been missdiagnosed more than once, just because they confused some older issues regarding my PTSD and my major depression.
I think Drew's character have Bi-Polar Depression (aka manic-depression) and some personality disorder (no need to be borderline, could be schyzotype, paranoid, etc, you name it, there it is).
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Tracey73 — 10 years ago(October 12, 2015 11:10 AM)
IMO she was bipolar. She seemed to be going through a manic phase throughout the movie. Some who are in a manic phase can experience types of psychosis, which is what I believe she was going through when she was gluing all the pics of eyes on the wall.
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