A Rose For Emily Mental Illness

In this research project essay, in one of William Faulkner’s short stories “A Rose for Emily” discussing some the traumatic events that happened in Emily’s life that caused to suffer from many medical diagnosed disorders. Emily has two major disorders; Agoraphobia and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or more commonly known as PTSD. There are many situations that may have caused Emily to develop these disorders and the side effects that contributed to the disorders. Showing all of the side effects and how Emily handled them. Also including if Emily truly had these disorders based off the medical documents, and not inferred based on a person opinion or thoughts.
According to the U.S National Library of Medicine “Agoraphobia is when a person repeatedly
“It is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event in their life. It is natural for a person to feel afraid during a traumatic situation”. People bodies go through split-second changes to help defend against danger. The people that continue to struggle with these symptoms even when they are not stressed or in danger, may be diagnosed with PTSD. Every person develops their own symptoms differently because every person went through a different level of traumatic event. Some people have very chronic symptoms, while others have more acute or short-term symptoms. There are four different types of symptoms, re-experiencing, avoidance, arousal, reactivity, and two cognition moods. Re-experiencing symptoms include flashbacks, bad dreams, frightening thoughts. Avoidance includes staying away from a certain places or thoughts that are related to that certain event. Arousal and reactivity symptoms included: being easily startled, feeling tense or “on edge”, having difficulty sleeping, and having angry outburst. The cognition and moods make the person not remember key features to the traumatic event, giving negative thoughts to their self, guilt or blame, and loss of interest in enjoyable activities. To be diagnosed with PTSD a person must have at least one of each of these
Not helping but to think of what her life would have been like if she had gotten help from a doctor or psychologist. If she had any help at all it could have completely changed the outlook of her life and the story. It is crazy too think that one traumatic event in a person’s life can lead to avoid a place or situation entirely. Impacting not only the person that experienced the traumatic event, but all the people surrounding them. That have to deal with the sacrifices that person is making to stay away from a certain location or situation in everyday