The Life And Themes Of Karen Horney, By Ashley Halsey
Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known in the music world as Halsey, is a musician. She was born September, 29, 1994 to a white mother who worked as a security guard for a hospital and a biracial father who managed a car dealership. As a child growing up in Clark, New Jersey she had a fondness for music. By fourteen, she played the violin, viola, cello, and guitar. At seventeen, after a suicide attempt which lead to a seventeen-day admittance to a psychiatric hospital, Halsey was dingoes with bipolar disorder. She is famous for identifying herself as “tri-bi”, meaning bisexual, biracial, bipolar. Halsey got the inspiration behind her stage name after living in Brooklyn, New York and always being drawn to Halsey Street. She also talks about how
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Karen Horney’s perspective on attachment in infancy. Horney also acknowledged the impact of childhood conflicts and unresolved interpersonal issues. One of the most important themes of Halsey’s songs is her distrust in relationship. As seen in the song “Bad at Love”, Halsey sings, “I believe, I believe, I believe that we’re meant to be, but jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, gets the best of me. Look, I don’t meant to frustrate, but I always make the same mistakes.. ‘cause I am bad at love” later singing, “I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh), but you can’t blame for tryin’, you know I’d be lyin’ sayin’ you were the one (ooh-ooh) that could finally fix me. Lookin’ at my history, I am bad at love” (Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, 2017) This lyric demonstrates the basic anxiety and feeling of isolations and helplessness that fosters from a feeling of repressed anger toward parents in childhood. This is also representative of a bad interpersonal orientation. Halsey is limited in using orientation, showing a high level of neuroticism. She is in a constant battle of movie towards people; showing signs of the self-effacing solution, and moving away from people; showing the resignation solution. She is either compliant or detached in relationships. In attachment, Halsey shows an ambivalent attachment style. Halsey does not feel reassured with her partner, telling through signs of jealousy, while not feeling reassured when she is with her
Karen Horney’s perspective on attachment in infancy. Horney also acknowledged the impact of childhood conflicts and unresolved interpersonal issues. One of the most important themes of Halsey’s songs is her distrust in relationship. As seen in the song “Bad at Love”, Halsey sings, “I believe, I believe, I believe that we’re meant to be, but jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, gets the best of me. Look, I don’t meant to frustrate, but I always make the same mistakes.. ‘cause I am bad at love” later singing, “I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh), but you can’t blame for tryin’, you know I’d be lyin’ sayin’ you were the one (ooh-ooh) that could finally fix me. Lookin’ at my history, I am bad at love” (Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, 2017) This lyric demonstrates the basic anxiety and feeling of isolations and helplessness that fosters from a feeling of repressed anger toward parents in childhood. This is also representative of a bad interpersonal orientation. Halsey is limited in using orientation, showing a high level of neuroticism. She is in a constant battle of movie towards people; showing signs of the self-effacing solution, and moving away from people; showing the resignation solution. She is either compliant or detached in relationships. In attachment, Halsey shows an ambivalent attachment style. Halsey does not feel reassured with her partner, telling through signs of jealousy, while not feeling reassured when she is with her