Polly is a disfigured patient who was hospitalized for schizophrenia and depression. Polly has severe scarring on her body, the result of setting herself on fire.
Georgina suffers from depression and is a kind and constant companion to Kaysen. Georgina has a romantic relationship with Wade, a violent and unpredictable patient on another ward. Read an in-depth analysis of Georgina .
Lisa calls herself a sociopath, and Lisa Cody is diagnosed as a sociopath. Susanna writes, "Cynthia was depressive; Polly and Georgina were schizophrenic...." A girl named Janet had anorexia, and some of the patients were catatonics who watched television. Torrey had an amphetamine drug problem.
Daisy is a beautiful, well-groomed young woman whose only real outward sign of her illness is being reclusive and unwilling to socialize. However, she suffers from severe obsessive compulsive disorder and a laxative addiction, and is also deeply traumatized from a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her father.
In the psychiatric ward, Susanna befriends Polly "Torch" Clark, a childlike girl with schizophrenia, Cynthia Crowley, Daisy Randone, who self-harms and has obsessive–compulsive disorder, and is implied to be bulimic; and Susanna's roommate; Georgina Tuskin, a pathological liar and Janet Webber, a sardonic woman with ...
Daisy keeps the chicken carcasses under her bed to mark her time at McLean Hospital. A deeper psychological assessment is not provided other than the suspicion that Daisy's father was in love with his daughter. Daisy would receive two roasted chickens a week from her father.
Daisy Randone is an 18-year-old who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), has been sexually abused by a trusted adult, and has learned to rely on maladaptive coping strategies, such as bulimia and self-harm. She is introduced early in the film as a pretentious, but kind patient on the ward.
One day, Alice suffers some sort of mental collapse and is taken to the maximum-security ward by a pair of nurses. Curious, several of the girls decide to visit Alice on her new ward, which is markedly different from their own.
Lisa reports back to the other girls that Daisy has stashed rows of whole chicken carcasses beneath her bed, and uses the laxatives to help her pass the enormous amounts of poultry she consumes.
It is surmised by the other girls that Daisy used laxatives due to all the roast chicken she was eating. Daisy's father visited twice a week and brought her an entire roasted chicken from her mother.
But Lisa's hatefulness soon surfaces in short order and she verbally attacks Daisy, exposing the fact that Daisy's has had an incestuous relationship with her father for years and this leaves Daisy desperate and in tears. Though Susanna tries to sooth things over, Daisy withdraws to her room.
Answer and Explanation: Yes, Lisa Rowe gets released as Susanna runs into her at Harvard Square with a son years later. Her life has become that of a suburban single mother. During her institutionalization, Lisa was known for her escapes, which lasted a couple of days, and her scheming nature.
Borderline Personality Disorder as portrayed in Girl, Interrupted. Prior to the events of her memoir, it appears Susanna was primarily being treated for depression. While in the hospital, however, Susanna was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
Lisa is diagnosed as a sociopath, but whether she actually is one is left open to interpretation. Lisa periodically escapes from the hospital, only to be found a day or two later and re-admitted. She is usually happy enough to be back though she does put up a fight when restrained.
A young woman on the psychiatric ward who attempted suicide by self-immolation using gasoline before she was even old enough to drive.
Janet Webber – anorexia. Cynthia – lesbian (a “diagnosis” that would not be made now). Unnamed character – Tourette's syndrome. The movie takes place in 1967 and 1968.
While in the room, Susanna asks Daisy why she only eats rotisserie chicken and why she never eats in the cafeteria. Daisy reveals that if she tried to eat anything else, she would throw up and she feel ashamed eating in the cafeteria and having people watch her.
Lisa : [to Daisy] Help me understand, Dais 'cause, I thought you didn't do Valium. Tell me how this safety net is working for you. Tell me that you don't take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down. Tell me how your *daddy* helps you cope with that.
The film also accurately shows the reality that people with mental illness are far more likely to be the victims of violence and abuse than the perpetrators, such as Daisy (Brittany Murphy), who appears to suffer from OCD and an eating disorder stemming from at least in part her father's abuse.
While she's appears to be in denial for a large portion of her treatment, she finally accepts her diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Lisa Cody eventually is diagnosed as a sociopath as well, and this enrages Lisa. The two of them engage in an escalating battle of wits, exchanging insults and pranks until Lisa effectively drives Lisa Cody off the ward. Lisa Cody escapes, and Lisa later finds her living on the streets of Cambridge, addicted to drugs.
Angelina Jolie is now starring in the sequel to Girl, Interrupted. She an older version of her character Lisa Rowe, a charismatic and manipulative sociopath. But really, who isn't these days? In 2022, that young sociopathic character would be cast as a Republican Rep, a Supreme Court Judge, or a hockey mom.
The film shows that Daisy visits the clinic annually from Thanksgiving to Christmas. However, the scene at her new home presents that she still suffers from Bulimia Nervosa and Persistent Depressive Disorder.
Daisy Randone is an ISFP personality type and is artistically gifted. As an ISFP, she has a strong moral compass and filters everything through her value system.
Last weekend I enjoyed watching Girl, Interrupted (1999) for the first time, a movie that is based on a true story and Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same name.