Yunji+Park+Charlie+Fineman

The main character from "Reign On Me" Charlie Fineman seemed to be a victim of PTSD, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that develops after a severe catastrophic event or experience. Symptoms are common in people with PTSD. They have psychic numbing, emotion anesthesia, increased arousal, or unwanted re-experiencing of the trauma. One with PTSD will always try to avoid any thing that will remind them of the "experience". There were many evidence from the clip that supported the idea of him being victimized by PTSD.

First, Charlie Fineman surely had increased arousal more than any other people in the film. He usually thought of things inapproporiate of girls whenever he saw them. Second, he did not want to re-experience the trauma ever again. He really didn't want to do anything that will lead him to re-experiencing such an event. Third, Charlie did not want to remember anything from the experience. Because he didn't want to remember the experience, he did not want to remember anything from his past at all. He even tried to not think about his life before getting married. As his psychiatrist (Liv Tyler) got him to talk to Johnson about his family and the things that have happened, day by day, Charlie got better at remembering the memories.

Charlie should be getting psychotherapies. There are many psychotherapies that help people like Charlie get better such as the Adlerian therapy, Behavior Therapy, Existential Therapy, and etc. For an example, the Adlerian Therapy stresses a positive view of human nature and that we are in control of our own fate and not a victim to it. Also, it stresses the idea that we are motivated by our goals all the time. The therapist tries to gather as much family history as he or she can. Thus, the data may help the patient and the therapist to set goals that are just right for the patient. Many other psychotherapies will help people with PTSD a lot.

If I were Charlie's friend, I would honestly do the same as what Johnson did for him. Since I know that I am not going to be able to help him very much, just like how Johnson thought, I would take him to see a psychiatrist/ counselor. It would be even better if I knew a person previously. Even though Charlie might reject my suggestions at first like what he did in the film, I would never give up to help the poor thing.