What mental illness does Dory in Finding Nemo have

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3.Was the movie’s portrayal of the character convoluted or normalized making the distinction of abnormal behavior from that of normal behavior blurred?

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The number of reported diagnoses of mental illness in the U.S. is growing with each generation, and the causes for the increase are multifaceted. Many people know of at least one person with a mental disorder, and more people today are vulnerable to developing symptoms of mental illness. When working in the field of Psychology, you will interact with people who exhibit symptoms of mental illness or have a clinical disorder, or you might have a family member, friend, or neighbor who is experiencing symptoms. The Mass medias in America’s culture may depict abnormal behavior as being odd or strange, laughable or inaccurately depicted, when it should be portrayed accurately as abnormal behavior- making the line, at times, between normal and abnormal unrecognizable. Learning to recognize symptoms of mental illness may be essential to your career. For this Assignment, you will have the opportunity to identify symptoms of mental illness and consider cultural influences that teach what acceptable behavior is. For this Assignment, you will work in groups assigned in Unit 4. For the character exhibiting abnormal behavior that you selected in Unit 4, write a 3 to 4-page double-spaced paper (excluding the title page and reference page) using the Assignment template in Course Documents to explain the following: Was the movie’s portrayal of the character convoluted or normalized making the distinction of abnormal behavior from that of normal behavior blurred? Explain what cultural influences can make it difficult to identity symptoms of mental disorder. For example, was part of the movie a comedy that joked about the character’s behavior, such as Jim Carrey in the movie Me, Myself, and Irene, was addictive behavior normalized, was the behavior downplayed as simply teenage behavior gone “bad”, or was the behavior glamorized as a damsel in distress being saved by a hero? The movie is Finding Nemo- Dory’s character
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Dory in Finding Nemo and mental illness
Dory in Finding Nemo is the exact opposite of the typical portrayal of mental illness. It’s a
gripping, honest portrayal of what mental illness is. It shows the challenges people suffering
from amnesia get to deal with on a daily basis. Mental illness can be very debilitating, in this
case, Dory struggles to learn new things and maintain relationships as it is difficult even to hold a
conversation as Dory forgets very easily. This can be very frustrating. In the movie, one can be
able to figure out that Dory suffers from anterograde amnesia, she tries to help Marlin (Nemo’s
father) to find his son but due to the impairment of her short-term memory, she faces some
challenges. For instance, she witnesses Nemo being captured by a certain boat and after
conversing with Marlin for a while she decides to show him the direction the boat followed. She,
however, forgets who Marlin is shortly after. As two companions set about the journey of finding
Nemo, the seriousness of her memory problems become more apparent. It is difficult for to learn
names and she easily forgets a conversation she had just moments before. This movie, therefore,
shows how unsettling mental illness can be to a person, it can prevent a pers...


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