This suppression and grief causes James to suffer a psychotic break. As the game progresses it is revealed that she died recently, smothered to death by James. James receives a letter from Mary telling him to come find her in Silent Hill. James believes she died three years ago of a long-term terminal illness. James Sunderland is a widower, grieving the loss of his wife Mary. James’ experience of Silent Hill is a waking Punishment Dream(Freud, 1952) caused by a psychotic break. Through experiencing Silent Hill as a Punishment Dream(Freud,1952) and allowing himself the time and space to explore himself and his ego, he begins to process the damage.
James is damaged mentally from the defence mechanisms of repression and suppression. These Monsters become physical manifestations of James Animus (Franz,1968) and Anima (Franz,1968). James’ way of healing both the psychosis and the grief of Mary’s death is to displace his own ego into monsters to cope with parts of himself, both mentally and physically. This mental break is also caused by the repression of his emotions, sexuality and sense of self prior to Mary’s death. This psychotic break is caused by the suppression of his memories of her death. James experiences a psychotic break following the death of his wife and enters a waking Punishment Dream (Freud,1952) embodied in the town of Silent Hill to cope. Silent Hill 2’s (Konami, 2001) protagonist James Sunderland is suffering from maladaptive defence mechanisms and their consequences.
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