Woman In The House: Why Anna Forgets So Many Things
Throughout The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In A Window, the protagonist, Anna, deals with large bouts of forgetfulness, which most have chalked up to her heavy usage of alcohol and antipsychotics. Woman In The House follows Anna (Kristin Bell) after she believes she witnesses the murder of her new neighbor's girlfriend, but no one believes her. Anna takes it upon herself to solve the disappearance and murder she witnessed.
Early in the show, The Woman In The House establishes that Anna is a forgetful, unreliable narrator who's prone to frequent hallucinations. She grabs hot casserole dishes without oven mitts, forgets her daughter died three years ago, sees her daughter Elizabeth's headstone change frequently, and forgets a painting of the murder victim she had completed. Her hallucinations don't help her forgetfulness either. With all that in mind, it's unsurprising that no one takes her seriously when she attempts to report what she saw.
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An easy answer for Anna's forgetfulness is the same explanation for her hallucinations: the wine and the pills. Following the death of her daughter, Anna went through a meltdown, causing her to be prescribed medication that she chooses to swallow down with bottles of wine. At one point, her therapist mentions her dosage is close to 50 grams of an antipsychotic medication, which is a comedically high amount — far more than what's usually prescribed. Even on a much lower dose of antipsychotics, mixing them with wine could lead to dizziness, drowsiness, and impairment of thinking. Taking such a high dose — with or without (but especially with) alcohol - would almost certainly
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