Schizoid Personality Disorder in Lars and the Real Girl (Movie) // Pop Psych 101 // Episode 002
iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Anchor | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Overcast | Castbox | Breaker | Podbean ------- www.poppsych101.com FB + IG + TW = @PopPsych101 #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma ------- Lars, played by actor, Ryan Gosling, has an obvious mental issue in this movie, and Ryan thinks it not only shows signs of depression and anxiety, but is a clear case for Schizoid Personality Disorder. Personality disorders are complicated in that, the person with the disorder, is usually unaware. In "Lars and the Real Girl", Lars believes that a full-sized, plastic doll is a real person, and his girfriend. Mike has a lot of questions as to the reality of Lars' dilusion and how his family, and the community around him, reacts. Ryan and Mike talk a lot about finding support, and how people would actually react to this in real life. Also, they gives us a bit about their backgrounds and how they met, and Mike lets the world know, that he is a sufferer of Mental Illness himself; a diagnosed Bi-Polar person, with Major Depressive Disorder. Mike believes things are getting much easier as far as public opinion of Mental Health is concerned, but knows there is a lot of work to do, yet. It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and the goal of Pop Psych 101, is to aid in the conversation and help normalize it's discussion. As usual, to end the Episode, Ryan rates the portrayal of the Mental Health issue at hand on a scale pf 1 to 5, using "Real Girls" as his rating system, this time. Mike rates the movie, as a movie, on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. ------- Disclaimer: All sound bytes and images used by Pop Psych 101 are used entirely for educational and review purposes under the "Fair Use Act". They do not claim these works as their own. ------- Credits: Created by: Ryan Engelstad Produced by: Mike Graham Host/Therapist: Ryan Engelstad Host/Weird Guy: Mike Graham ------- Music Credit: Killers Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Anchor | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Overcast | Castbox | Breaker | Podbean ------- www.poppsych101.com FB + IG + TW = @PopPsych101 #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma ------- Lars, played by actor, Ryan Gosling, has an obvious mental issue in this movie, and Ryan thinks it not only shows signs of depression and anxiety, but is a clear case for Schizoid Personality Disorder. Personality disorders are complicated in that, the person with the disorder, is usually unaware. In "Lars and the Real Girl", Lars believes that a full-sized, plastic doll is a real person, and his girfriend. Mike has a lot of questions as to the reality of Lars' dilusion and how his family, and the community around him, reacts. Ryan and Mike talk a lot about finding support, and how people would actually react to this in real life. Also, they gives us a bit about their backgrounds and how they met, and Mike lets the world know, that he is a sufferer of Mental Illness himself; a diagnosed Bi-Polar person, with Major Depressive Disorder. Mike believes things are getting much easier as far as public opinion of Mental Health is concerned, but knows there is a lot of work to do, yet. It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and the goal of Pop Psych 101, is to aid in the conversation and help normalize it's discussion. As usual, to end the Episode, Ryan rates the portrayal of the Mental Health issue at hand on a scale pf 1 to 5, using "Real Girls" as his rating system, this time. Mike rates the movie, as a movie, on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. ------- Disclaimer: All sound bytes and images used by Pop Psych 101 are used entirely for educational and review purposes under the "Fair Use Act". They do not claim these works as their own. ------- Credits: Created by: Ryan Engelstad Produced by: Mike Graham Host/Therapist: Ryan Engelstad Host/Weird Guy: Mike Graham ------- Music Credit: Killers Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/