Clinical Case: Jim Carrey

Alumno: Lenin Emmanuel Hernandez Ruiz

Professor: Rene (an apology for the last names)
Subject: Classification of syndromes and disorders

Jim Eugene Carrey was born on January 17, 1962, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
three siblings (Rita, Patricia, and John), their mother Kathleen Oram suffered from hypochondria,
His father Percy Carrey was a musician and accountant. His paternal grandfather was an alcoholic.
that mistreated his family.
His childhood was somewhat troubled; his father lost his job when Jim Carrey
She was 12 years old and her mother could not work due to her illness, so they had to
to move to living in a van, so he and his father started working as
rubber cleaners in a factory. Jim Carrey spent his days trying to make people laugh.
to his mother so that she would ignore his psychological afflictions.

At this stage of childhood, Jim's parents had relationship problems, so he

she slept with her dancing shoes on for the moment when she heard her parents fighting,
he started to put on a show to calm the conflicts. His mother eventually became
addicted to painkillers.
When they had enough money to rent a house, the Carreys moved to live in
Scarborough, where he studied until he was 16 years old and could not complete beyond that.
because he dedicated himself full-time to supporting his family. One of his jobs
the longest-lasting was the one he did as a comedian in various nightclubs, in one
At the age of 19, the comedian Roger Dangerfield discovered him and took him to these clubs.
to Las Vegas, where I managed to make him one of the most popular comedians in the
American television, from here began to interpret various roles.
In 1983 he had a romantic relationship with the singer Linda Ronstadt that only lasted
a few months. Later, he married actress Melissa Womer in 1987, which lasted 8
years and with whom he had his first and only daughter in 1987, Jane Erin Carrey. In 1996 he
he remarried, this time to Lauren Holly, but shortly after they separated. Starting from
here, Jim simply preferred to have relationships, in 2015 his last girlfriend, Cathriona White,
took his life with an overdose of Jim's antidepressants, leaving a letter where
he blamed him for his death. Since this date, Jim has not participated much in new
filming, with the most recent being Sonic: The Hedgehog, but the times he appears in the
the screen looks different.
Symptoms
In his childhood, while attending primary school, the teachers constantly complained.
they said he finished his work at great speed and after that
he bothered his classmates, did not obey orders, got desperate, was very restless, he
it was difficult to complete a single task for a long time. In general, Jim during this time was
criticized for being a different child from others when he was diagnosed with ADHD and
according to Jim, he has been in treatment since he was little.
One of his teachers (in 7th grade) managed to calm the young and restless Jim.
proposing that if he managed well during the class, 15 minutes before it finished he
he could act. During these performances, Jim gave his most typical interpretations of
a very eccentric way.
At the beginning of his career, the colleagues and audience watching him believed that
he was crazy, because of his way of acting and the exaggerated gestures he made. Once
who could establish himself as an actor, his peers saw him as someone peculiar, in
Many times when they were filming certain scenes and they had to be repeated, Jim
throwing a tantrum like a child. At other times, like during the filming of 'Me,
Myself & Irene" Jim asked for the filming of the movie to be suspended because
presented symptoms of depression.
It is when his acting career takes off that emotional problems arise for Jim.
they intensify, by paying less attention to their family due to the time consumed by their
career, the death of his parents, the rejection of the audience, ended up paying the price.
As mentioned earlier, Jim suffered from depressive episodes for some
During the shootings, the directors had to give him complete artistic freedom for Jim to accept.
interpreting a role, it was difficult to work with him. And from time to time he would get so into it
the role that was difficult to distinguish, it came to be believed that he presented
multiple personality on some occasions (Man of the moon).
Even as an adult, it is clear that he is quite extroverted and in some interviews he is
he is asked if he feels ashamed of what he does or the roles he plays, to which he
Respond that "Yes, but if I don't do it, who will?", so it's not surprising that
he was so impulsive. On one occasion, when he was not nominated for the Oscar for his
performance in 'The Truman Show' Jim attended the ceremony, where he started to scream in
Italian accent like Roberto Benigni had stolen that nomination. To deal with
his depression Carrey was treated with various medications that helped him maintain his
life as stable as possible, although he continued to have relapses often, which made him
I provoke certain disputes with my partners.
After his failed marriages, Jim had other girlfriends with whom he formed bonds.
very important, but he did not remarry, even though on certain occasions he could have.
this seems. In 2007, Jim begins a spiritual quest for himself, and
start reading Eckhart Tolle, where it seems that after this he finally obtains a
stability in their emotional life. From here is where many begin to have
various conspiratorial ideas related to the way Jim expresses himself in
some interviews.
In 2015, he suffers a loss that brings him back into a deep depression, his girlfriend,
Cathriona White commits suicide with her medications and is blamed for the death of
this is for her relatives. Added to this is the fact that his career as an actor is no longer what it was.
same as a few years ago, it is not surprising that it is so difficult to see Jim in the
streets.
In 2017, on his Vimeo account, he publishes a documentary (I need colour) that shows what
What has he been doing recently, in which Jim turns to art in order to
maintain their emotional stability, painting and sculpting different works, which to be
a mere enthusiast is not bad at all.
Factors
Although depressive episodes may be related to the new lifestyle to which
she had to get used to it, ADHD can have some genetic factors, however, in
Currently, this has no solid basis, although if it does, it can develop.
some of the pathologies that Jim presents.
Among the social factors, such as the constant rejection I suffered before
to become a Hollywood star, that the show that promised him fame has been
canceled, the failure of his marriages and the suicide of his girlfriend are significant
detonators for the pathologies presented by the actor.
A biological factor that could have affected Jim was the medication with fluoxetine, for
ADHD, others could be their depressive episodes due to those moments of great
stress within your life.
Diagnosis according to DSM V
According to the DSM V, one of Jim's disorders is ADHD, which although it has already been
diagnosed the reason is that many of the points mentioned during his childhood
fit within this disorder. Their instability to perform tasks, their difficulty to
pay attention, his ingenuity to end his parents' fights, his great energy, his
impulsivity that has characterized him since childhood is a clear indicator of a disorder
for attention deficit, although this could certainly be categorized as normal
for the children. Within Jim's life, it has come to affect social relationships and
even labor issues, so we are no longer talking about a problem that could be
related to the stage he/she was in. Even currently we can see that
Jim remains as extroverted as ever, and in various interviews, he mentions
it is really difficult to live with him.
Analyzing what happened during the filming of Man of the Moony Me, Myself & Irene,
we could say that it presented a problem of depersonalization, as according to the
DSM V was a recurrent experience of a feeling of detachment from oneself,
as if the same person were the observer. According to interviews with Jim's colleagues.
Man of the Moon There were days when Jim never stopped playing the role of Andy
Kaufman, and due to the resemblance between the two, it was a somewhat bizarre experience. In the
case of Me, Myself & Irene, in certain scenes Jim asked that they seem like the shooting of the
love because he felt that he was no longer acting but being himself, which led him
led to a crisis.
Another marked disorder was depression, apparently cyclothymia, due to its chronicity.
for many years Jim suffered from depression, constant relapses that in
some occasions affected their work life. While I do not have more concrete data for
saying that Jim has cyclothymia, this is the closest disorder I can detect or
otherwise, it could be a case of bipolarity due to his manic episodes that
they can well be a cause of ADHD, this could explain why at times their
companions found him so happy for a few days and then they had to stop the
shooting due to some depressive crisis. Even here the TDL could come in, since despite
that he was always at the limit or in full depression, Jim forced himself in such a way that
I could pretend to be fine in front of the cameras or other comrades just to not be alone.
Diagnosis according to ICD 10
According to this manual, it may also be classified under the disorders of
persistent (Affective) humor, again the case of cyclothymia, as previously mentioned
mentioned in the DSM V, episodes of depression although the mild excitement part is not
it would fully enter, due to its characteristic energy.

Speaking of this energetic personality, the ICD 10 would classify their disorder as
hyperkinetic, specifically in Hyperkinetic Disorder with Attention Deficit, yes
Well, the ICD-10 does not specify much about how each disorder is identified, does it?
It merely describes the group in general terms, the general description says that
children with this disorder are reckless and impulsive with a high likelihood of being
in problems related to discipline, although the part of the
unpopularity, nor low self-esteem, as Jim was quite popular in his childhood.
for being a problematic child.

Conclusions
This work, although it was really laborious, I liked it quite a bit, the fact of getting to know
both to one of my idols and learn from the problems they have to go through.
a person with their particularities, it was a gratifying experience, although it is true that
much of the information was very difficult to obtain, because many times it
hide the information or simply omit it, researching thoroughly the life of a
person, knowing their context, their career and their experiences, helps to understand many of the
times when mental illnesses are just around the corner, perhaps it's not the
It is correct to be diagnosing all people, I repeat the same thing again, a lot
information is hidden or omitted, but know that no one is free from any kind of
problems make me feel more empathetic.
Many of the things I read about this actor were totally unknown to me,
his depression, his ADHD and TDL, were a surprise, but seeing how this person has
overcoming these stages (Even if it seems like you're not) is really motivating for
a future, being able to support equally, not in a clinical way, since this area is not
of my interest, but in the research area, to update more effectively the
treatments or therapies for these afflictions.

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