Trigger??

[Read On!]

Recently read The Farm and thoroughly enjoyed it. Having had some experience with psychosis, there is often a trigger that starts it.
What do you think triggered Tilde's psychosis?
Could it have been stress (as this can be a factor)? Tilde and her husband were under great financial stress and buying the cheap farm and moving to Sweden was there last ditch attempt to live out their twilight years as frugally as possible.
Or was it the fact that once she started living in Sweden, even though a lengthy 6 hour drive away from her father, who sexually abused her, unleashed repressed memories which started her illness.
Could it be perceiving on Hakan's attempts to humiliate her, did this develop paranoid thoughts which can be a trigger?
Any thoughts and opinions?

[Jood]

I think it's a shame that your comment contains a spoiler, because even though it was all somewhat predictable, I think readers would prefer to find that out for themselves.

[Read On!]

Its my experience that many people on this site tend to view the book discussion forum because they have read a book so they can DISCUSS it,(the reason it is called a Discussion forum) which frequently involves the plot or characters etc.
People who are interested in reading a book that is being discussed tend to stay clear of that particular discussion as it is reasonable to assume and logical that it may contain something that may 'spoil' the potential readers experience.(Just an observation)

[Jood]

But usually the word SPOILER is put into the title of the thread allowing those who haven't read the book to avoid it.

It is true that "many people on this site tend to view the book discussion forum because they have read a book so they can DISCUSS it", but it is also true that many people view a book discussion to get a feel for a book prior to reading it.

[Read On!]

With all due respect I don't think my discussion thread requires a 'spoiler' alert.
Everyone has a different definition of a 'spoiler' and I think 'spoilers' are redundant in an open forum relating predominantly to the discussion between members about books they have read.
And getting 'a feel' for a book is all subjective. What one person requires to read about a book to get 'a feel' for it differs to another. If people wish to get 'a feel' for a book then read the synopsis, overview or readers reviews written about the book, as the site automatically gives an option to read or not to read if it believes the review to contain spoilers.
The discussion forum is widely used for people who have read a book and wish to discuss it with other people who have read that book, therefor discussion threads will cater towards those readers, not the none reader of a book. Makes sense?
I also observe that out of the 51 discussions displayed on my first page in the discussion forum only 3 members have inserted the word SPOILER. Proving that people generally just don't do it.
The majority of users of the discussion forum consist of readers that have read books rather than those that have not read books. This is evident by the very content of members threads. If it was the other way round we'd be seeing many discussion threads along the lines of 'Has anyone read (blank)? Is it any good?' You rarely see these threads. The discussion forum cannot cater adequately for the minority of members who don't wish to discuss but wish to get 'a feel' for books without knowing 'too much' about the plot of the novel. By it's very nature that's not what it's designed for.
In short if you think I'm going to sit here ummming and ahhhing about whether I should insert SPOILER into each of my discussion threads, I quite frankly haven't got the time and don't believe it's necessary in a discussion forum.
Readers who don't want their experience of reading a potential book 'spoilt', generally err on the side of caution and do what I have to do and stay away from the discussion of these books.
As a none reader of a book your interested in reading, that's being discussed, you can't have your cake and eat it, when people are trying to discuss that book they've all read. The only thing that sounds 'spoilt' is the person 'Boo Hooing' about the fact that through reading the discussion thread, it has now revealed too much of the plot for them,etc. (Well I'm sorry but nobody held a gun to your head and made you read the discussion).
Thank you for contributing absolutely nothing of any relevance in connection to my original discussion thread regarding this novel.

[Jood]

I feel that the small reference....

"....who sexually abused her...." is actually a spoiler. The reason for Tilde's distancing herself from her parents is not revealed until quite late in the book. You could even have left that particular phrase out of your original comment and the discussion would be none the worse for it.

You come across as someone who doesn't really care what other people think, but I can see you have taken quite a long time composing your reply to my observation. That doesn't alter my opinion. I think you'll find that most people do not like to be given salient points from a book (or a film) before experiencing it for themselves.

You asked for "thoughts and opinions"; I have given you mine. I'm leaving the last word to you. I don't feel this is worth pursuing as our opinions regarding are obviously very different.

[Read On!]

I've tried to explain the concept of a book discussion forum to you, however you don't seem to be grasping it and further more you are now a making negative assumptions about me such as me not caring what other people think.
Three words - "Chuff off dearie!"

[Jood]

:)

[Hannah]

I think it was moving back to Sweden that triggered the mother's mental instability.
it must have Brought back memories of her situation in 1963