Precious

How can a child so horribly mistreated, and with no exposure to any semblance of love, reveal such strength of character, and apparently know what her own children need, even with the care provided her late in her teens by teachers and others?

Precious goes in her mind to a fantasy of her celebrity while her own father rapes her (0:07). Dissociation?

In almost every interaction with her Precious' mother verbally and/or physically abuses her, starting around 0:11.

Precious contemplates suicide: "Sometimes I wish I was dead." (019) What keeps her alive?

Looking in a mirror obese Precious sees a slender, blond haired, Caucasian woman (0:22).

Flashbacks to incidents of abuse (0:36)? Are there other signs of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?

When her mother sends her to "Welfare" to get money for her, Precious tells the social worker, "I see vampires telll me I'm one of them... leave dirty tampons in the garbage..." (0:50). We see no other evidence of psychosis. What motivates her to make up this story?

Precious' mother describes to the social worker her jealousy when Precious' father showed sexual interest in Precious instead of her, hated her for it, and allowed the abuse to continue (1:35)

Reference in We're the Millers