Johanna Mason’s case study.
this was written to be a slideshow for a psychology class. Bear with me if it seems a little erratic i just copy and pasted the whole thing.(Only half of this has been proof read so sorry if it looks like i slacked halfway through…because i did.)
Johanna Mason is a 22-year-old woman born in District 7.
Johanna has always been described as being impulsive and having a knack for masking her true emotions. Lately, she has been engaging in more risky and impulsive behavior with axes, as well as relapsing back into using morphling. Johanna has stated she has intense and usually irrational fears of losing people close to her, predominantly her fellow surviving victors she keeps in contact with.
When talking with Ms. Mason her moods and perception of others and herself tended to change rapidly, she would be shown to have intense anger spells that would last mere minutes before calming down and moving onto a different subject. Sometimes, when speaking about her fellow victors, primarily Annie Cresta and Katniss Everdeen, she had erratic opinions on them, she could go from praising one to saying many disapproving matters right after.
When asked about her childhood and early life she stated "It was about as good as district life could get." She mentioned her father was a head lumberjack while her mother would sell things from their garden in District 7's black market, but they were never really present throughout her childhood, often off working. But it was only when she turned 17 and got reaped into the hunger games did her life really go downhill, Johanna recalled her game's, family's execution and being forced into prostitution shortly after. And she stated she became extremely close with another victor named Finnick Odair who died during the second rebellion, but went through a lot of similar things she did.
After spending time with Ms. Mason and recording her symptoms I diagnosed her with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). As she aligns with many of the symptoms present in this disorder, such as difficulty regulating emotions which can lead to constant and extreme mood swings. As well as her fears of abandonment along with her impulsive and often self-destructive behavior.
Therapy plans for Johanna include visiting her fellow victors more and maintaining stable and communicative relationships, which can help ease her anxiety of abandonment, as well as aid her forming more stable and healthy bonds. We are combining that with talk therapy, in which she'll talk with a therapist once a week and learn coping skills to deal with her emotions and impulsivity. As well as medication to help reduce the intensity of present symptoms she has.
