All work and no therapy makes Jack a dull boy…
In this episode of Screams and Schemas, we step intothe haunted halls of the Overlook Hotel and explore one of horror’s most iconicdepictions of psychological unraveling: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
Together, we trace the Torrance family’s descent intoisolation, madness, and legacy — examining what happens when untreated trauma,generational wounds, and impossible standards meet a haunted building that maynot be haunted at all… unless by the mind itself.
We’ll cover: 🔪
Plot Walkthrough— From the job interview to the hedge maze finale
🧠Psychological Analysis — How Jack’s schemas create fertile ground for unraveling
👁️The Overlook as the Unconscious Mind— A symbolic deep dive 📚 Kubrick vs. King— Two visions of terror, one fractured family
📝 Case Conceptualization: Jack Torrance — If Jack walked into therapy… what then?• Presenting concerns • Possible diagnoses • Key schemas • Treatmentrecommendations (yes, even for Jack)
🔦 Schema Breakdown— Enmeshment, Defectiveness/Shame, Punitiveness & more ❄️Reflection — What Jack leaves behind… and what we carry with us
Through psychological frameworks, darkly playful commentary, and a therapist-inflected lens, we sit with the Torrances as the Overlook brings their deepest shadows to the surface.
Is Jack possessed? Or is he just finally listening to theghosts he brought with him?
Bundle up — and watch out for REDRUM.
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Next week: We descend into inherited grief, family fate, andthe unholy terror of what we can’t escape — as we explore Hereditary.
Pleasant dreams…
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