May 12, 2010

ambivalence

How can I be sure about my decisions? there's any rule to know the way you'are taking is the right way? it's very irritating not to know the consequences of your actions before they happen.
There's a film which I like very much, the title is Girl Interrupted and I would tell its plot, but I think it's a kind of film it's better to see it than someone tells you it.
In a scene, the main character (Susanna Kaysen) talks with the psychiatrist, and for some reason she choose a word like her favourite's word: ambivalence.
She thinks ambivalence mean is that nothing matters to her, but quite the opposite, ambivalence means mood, temporary or permanent, in which there are two opposing emotions or feelings such as love and hatred.

Do I love you or do I hate you? Am I sane or am I crazy? Will I stay or will I go?
She faces to the choice of her life, she has the power to live another time.. will she fight? or will she remain at that place driving herself crazy?

In some way I find Susanna a very interesting character, I could be like her.
I'm not saying I admire her or something like that, but also anyone can live a bad moment and lose the own way.
Because not everything in life is easy or successful, we are entitled to be wrong sometimes in life and to drive our lives through the way we want.. good or bad, that's our choice.

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