Postpartum Depression And The Mental Disorder - 1800 Words

In order to fully understand the narrator’s condition, it is essential to fully understand who she is, what her context is, and the mental disorder she is suffering from. Through her secret diary, we learn about the narrator’s experiences as a newlywed suffering from Postpartum Depression and the unhelpful advice of her husband John, who doubles as her doctor. The mental disorder the narrator is dealing with is called Postpartum Depression; a mental illness affecting 1 in 7 women in the United States alone, causing symptoms such as anxiety, excessive crying, changes in appetite, harmful or â€Å"scary thoughts,† and many more of the unusual actions portrayed by the narrator in her journal (â€Å"Postpartum Depression†). These symptoms are evident†¦show more content†¦Covered in wallpaper, the room is plagued by yellow, but not just any yellow, â€Å"a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight† (Mays 528). The picture painted by the narrator is a dull, mustard yellow that not only looks bad, but also is described as foul-smelling (Mays 534). Knowing the shade of yellow is crucial to analysis because every color and every shade of color has an impact in our emotions. Yellow is a color known for making the brain active in a number of different ways, depending on the shade, for example bright yellow makes promotes happiness and productivity. In contrast, dull yellow can promote depression and, â€Å"†¦ can induce states of anxiety because it is considered to be such a rapid moving color,† which is interesting since it amplifies the narrator’s anxiety and depression, but opposes her lack of energy (Dena 2016). Also to point out is the relation of the narrator’s inner conflict with the cracks on the wallpaper: â€Å"It is obvious that the wallpaper’s ‘outrageous angles’ and ‘unheard of contradictions’ reflect [the narrator’s] o wn inner turbulence† (Mcdona 2016). The same cracks in the wall that end up driving the narrator mad also resembles the struggle going on in her mind, which was also aided by the color of the wall the cracks found themselves on. Before looking deeper into Jane’s situation, there are a few psychology terms define: conscious, unconscious, id,