Psychological Mood of Shutter Island

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2019)

The most precious value of a human is the mental status during life. Most people had difficulties in life; furthermore, some of them couldn't handle the stress after a while. Teddy is the protagonist of this movie and he couldn't get over his children at the break point. From my point of view, the movie reveals many facts about schizophrenia.
First of all, repression is emphasized during movie. He tried to clean his bad memories but he couldn't be successful.
Secondly, Teddy denies every fact especially his real name, Andrew Laeddis. Indeed, his surname, "Denials" is the name of a prophet who interprets dreams. The movie is full wit denials. "Shutter" also refers to a closed mind to realities.
Thirdly, Teddy reflects his real identity to another character, Andrew Laeddis. He needed projection of his crimes to a new person.
Fourth, Teddy also needed displacement about his life at the island. He always assumed that he was there in order to investigate.
Fifth, Teddy couldn't handle his loss and his crime so he was in regression which resulted as schizophrenia.
Sixth, Teddy acts as if he was a marshal who was sent in order to investigate an escape from the hospital. Indeed, his duty is an sublimation which is acceptable by any resident of island.
In a nutshell, the movie explains how people lose their mind and they lose their identity. His superego declined so he lost his ego which ended with a break with real life.