From the heart

Angelita 2022-04-20 09:01:44

There are three scenes that impressed me the most. The first one should be that after Johnson went to the show with Charlie, his wife called to tell Johnson "Your father's died" Johnson told Charlie "M with dad just died" but Charlie "You wanna go some breafast? There's a store that's gonna open soon ." Johnsonyo emphasized twice "My father just died." Charlie said "Yeah, I know. I wanna hang though. Come on. Let's not waste all this Med" and Johnson left. My initial feeling was because Charlie suffered too much grief, his beloved wife and three lovely daughters and his dog were all killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but he seemed to be closed off to outsiders , No friends, no job, only renovating the kitchen over and over again, playing video games, collecting records, except that he doesn't talk about any topics about his wife and children, he can't see any sadness. So at first I thought he was just shutting down his emotions and had a very strong defense mechanism against grief. The second is until the middle and second part of the movie, where he agrees to see a psychiatrist, but doesn't say a word about his past and experiences for weeks on end, so even if he agrees to go, he's not ready to tell the therapist , but I think what the therapist does well is that even if Charlie rejects her again and again, he avoids any topic that might remind him of his experience, then puts on his headphones and sits for a few minutes over and over again. Just ask "Is the session over yet?" and will patiently say "Do you want it to be? Then it's over." When Charlie talks about her beautiful breasts, she will say "Thanks". So in the consultation During the process, not every visitor who comes to the consultation room means that he is ready to confess everything to you. More often, we may encounter obstacles and be rejected again and again, but what our sweater can do is to be patient. . Our patient wait will allow them to gradually gather the courage to tell about their experiences, just like when Charlie finally chose to tell Johnson about his past, the counselor told him "You need to tell someone your stoy. It doesn't have to be me, but someone", this time, although Charlie habitually wanted to turn up the music on his headphones, he didn't put them on, so he heard the counselor's words and chose to tell Johnson, who was waiting outside the door, of his family. When I saw this scene, I was really sad and moved. If you can take the initiative to talk about a topic and memory that was once untouchable, it means that he has admitted his pain. The third part is that Charlie wanted to commit suicide after talking to Johnson about his experience and was almost shot by the police on the street. His father-in-law and mother-in-law came to court to sue him, why he was not sad at all. In court, as photos of his wife and children were displayed one by one, he gradually became restless and anxious, and was then expelled from court. Then Charlie then told his father-in-law, "I don't need to talk about her or look at pictures because the truth is, a lot of times, I see her on the street. I walk down the street, I see her in someone else's face clearer than any of the pictures you carry with you. I get that you're in pain. But you got each other. You got each other. And I'm the one who's gotta see her and the girls all the time . Everywhere I go. I even see the dog. That;

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  • Dianna 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    those assholes.. they just care about their tooth, and i have to put a fake tooth everyday in these people's mouth.. i just wanna tell them to fuck off and go out and see what's happening all around outside...

  • Shaina 2022-03-27 09:01:08

    2009.3.16 I watched it with my husband, it was so touching. A book I recently read, "A Cry Unheard", is very concerned about the health of widowed, divorced, and single-living people. Lonely heartbreak is also an important cause of premature death. In the United States, more than 3 million people die each year due to cardiovascular disease caused by loneliness. . The easiest way to protect a person's health is to communicate with him in a sincere, loving, understanding and tolerant way, so as to free him from helpless loneliness.

Reign Over Me quotes

  • Angela Oakhurst: I disagree strongly with that finding. Your Honor, I think that Charlie needs to find his own way. Not on our time, but on Charlie's time, and I think that will happen. He'll find people that will fill his life again. Not today, but soon... slowly.

    Mr. Fallon: Can I just ask a question about your life experience in regard to this long-term illness? I'm curious, how old are you?

    Charlie Fineman: What does that have to do with anything?

    Judge Raines: Dr. Fineman...

    Charlie Fineman: That question sucks, your Honor.

    Mr. Fallon: It's actually a good question.

    Charlie Fineman: No, no, no! It sucks. It sucks. You know if we're gonna talk about age... he's gotta go to little league practice.

  • Charlie Fineman: [picking up a vinyl record] Ahh Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners. Just... just the album cover alone, look at that face, he knows he made a great record.