Psychological Disorders

Hopefully Mr. Dreier will give me credit even though this blog is a bit late due to dance team events. I really enjoyed the movie we watched in class this week. To us psychological disorders seem funny until you are showed the reality of how dangerous they can be. In A Beautiful Mind the main character John Nash obviously has schizophrenia. They at first show us the movie from his point of view and make us believe that his roommate is real although he isn't. It seems like his schizophrenia starts off somewhat harmless but becomes more and more severe throughout the movie. His delusions begin to take over his life. He almost drowns his baby and kills his wife because his fantasies tell him to. He is extremely dangerous when his disorder is not controlled by medications. I am not sure the point of the insulin shock or how it is supposed to help schizophrenia because the movie didn't explain or show that to us. Once John learns that ignoring his delusions and acting as though they don't exist makes him more in control he begins to regain his life. He goes onto to become a professor at Princeton and his equilibrium equation changes the world of trade and economics. He is truly a genius. It is remarkable that he even wins the Nobel peace prize while suffering from schizophrenia.