Introvert Before Living in the Mental Asylum

34 realize her dreams with Eduard. Not only being unafraid of the outside world, Veronika is not afraid of her heart problems. In conclusion, Veronika is a kind of person who is idealistic, sluggish, introvert, insecure, mature, brave, pretty, and attractive. Veronika keeps her daily routines perfectly the same day by day. She thinks that taking an overdose of sleeping pills is the best way of ending her life since it is romantic and not disfiguring her appearance in any way. Veronika is already twenty four years old. Thus, she is mature enough to make a decision for herself. Veronika is able to accept her old way of being, her persona, and willing to move on. Veronika can control her feelings well. Veronika decides to keep the magazine although she does not like it. Paulo directly gives his comments about Veronika who is passive by nature. Veronika is an introvert who decides to make no emotional contact with other people. Veronika feels loneliness because of her introvert personality. Veronika feels complete powerless as she can do nothing to help the world. Veronika hates and disregard herself. Veronika is a young woman with green eyes and brown hair who is pretty, and attractive. Based on the analysis, it is obvious that before coming to the mental asylum Veronika is sort of a person who wants nothing more from her current life. She decides to maintain his daily routines. Veronika lacks the desire or the will to prolong her life. Thus, she commits suicide. However, Veronika’s personality improves as she lives in the mental asylum. Veronika becomes more mature and her dreams in life arise. Her desires provide Veronika the wide opportunity to move on. 35

4.2. The Description of the Mental Asylum and the Inhabitants

The story of Veronika is set in two main environments. They are the mental asylum and Slovania. These two places are inseparable since the mental asylum exists within Slovenia. It is important to understand both places in order to find the significance to Veronika’s growth.

4.2.1. The Description of the Mental Asylum

The mental asylum is located in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Based on Slovenia: difficulties and strengths of psychiatric research in A Small Country http:bjp.rcpsych.org, Slovenia was a small country with heterogeneous population. After the political and economic crisis of Yugoslavia worsened in 1990, Slovenia declared its independence on 25 June 1991, and became a member of the United Nations in May 1992. The story of Veronika is set on November 1998. It means that Slovenia was on the early stage of rebuilding a country. Political and economic condition is still unstable. This condition affects the mental health of Slovenian. Based on Slovenia: difficulties and strengths of psychiatric research in A Small Country http:bjp.rcpsych.org, Slovenia had a very high suicide rate around 30 per 100.000 inhabitants per year for decades. Some psychiatrists conduct a research on inpatient suicides. The first paper reports the predictors of in-patient suicide, with special attention to unrecognized depression in patients with schizophrenia. The other report investigated the differences between in- patient suicides and suicides in the community. Other studies dealt with suicides in some specific groups, such as the young and the elderly, and among patients