[boogiesmash]

So after watching this movie I can believe my diagnosis. I can relate to his mania although it is a bit toned down. I did feel, when I was manic, going a thousand miles an hour, waking people up in the middle of the night, ranting and raving becoming obsessed, gambling, although he didn't in the movie, and in my opinion living it up. Like the character, I hit a major trigger at was the start of my depression.

What did you guys think of the movie? I think Jennifer Lawrence was great acting in it.

[cincidak]

I liked it, and I could relate to the characters

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[MusicLover82]

I loved it!!

[letsgogh]

loved it and really related

Thanks for everyone's comments. I feel better about the movie knowing that you related so much to it. I didn't relate to it, but glad to know it's realistic.

[nativechic]

There is another thread on silver lining playbook from a week or two back if you want to see more posts

[BipolaRNurse]

I could especially relate to Pat's 3 AM meltdown over the Hemingway book he was reading, and his pressured speech at several times during the movie. At one point, my husband looked at me and grinned as he said "Now you see what I have to put up with!"

why do i bother?

(i did actually create a thread on this with multiple pages)

but anyway, i'll say what i said their- i think it's a good movie, it's just spoiled by such a predictable and boring ending

(and it inspired me to see limitless?. does that count?)

[fairydustgirl]

curiously, if you have read the book, Pat actually shows what I thought were signs of schizophrenia for the longest time until you get to the point of what actually happened to him when he confronted his wife and lover...he had a terrible fall in the shower and has Traumatic Brain Injury.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by fairydustgirl

curiously, if you have read the book, Pat actually shows what I thought were signs of schizophrenia for the longest time until you get to the point of what actually happened to him when he confronted his wife and lover...he had a terrible fall in the shower and has Traumatic Brain Injury.

Interesting!
In the movie, its established that he was reporting delusions weeks before the incident where he finds his wife cheating on him.

I had commented in the original thread.

Great movie. Supportive to bipolar conditions.


WC

I can relate to the early morning meltdowns he has where he wakes up his parents and yells about the book and not finding his wedding video.

[RomanJames2014]

I loved his version of bipolar in this movie because it reminded me soooooo much of myself.
I will stay up all night on a mission reading, writing, or looking for things and although i dont get violent, I go on rants and cry and all that.

It was actually kind of nice to see bipolar in a funny, comical, non-judgmental way. It shows that bipolar is a disease that people can act more ecentric and not "CRAZY"

[annielovesbacon]

I don't relate a whole lot to Pat's character, except for maybe the part where he wakes up in the middle of the night and is ranting about the book, or the part where he is searching for his wedding video obsessively. But I don't relate to the anger so much.
I did enjoy the movie anyway though.