Schizophrenia movie based on true story

Dear Readers

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by the disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It is a complex illness that makes it difficult for the patients to:

• Tell the differences between real and unreal experiences
• To think logically
• To have normal emotional responses
• To behave normal in social situations

In general, genetic and environmental factors appear to play the roles that cause schizophrenia. It affects both men and women equally and it usually begins in the teen years or young adulthood, but it may begin later in life too.

There are 4 major types of schizophrenia.

Catatonic Type Schizophrenia is rare today. It was only reflected in the advanced stages of schizophrenia before current treatment methods were possible. Patients may show odd or extreme behavior and possibly catatonia. Their postures may be affected; some may imitate sounds or movements.

Disorganized Type Schizophrenia. The patients are disorganized in behavior and speech. They may wear strange clothing or perform irregular gestures.

Paranoid Schizophrenia. The patients hear voices, develop hallucinations and delusions. They may appear fairly normal until they become involved in arguments or become suspicious.

Undifferentiated Schizophrenia. With this type of schizophrenia, a person meets the criteria to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, but his symptoms are not consistent with any of the other forms of the illness.

Schizophrenia symptoms usually develop slowly over months or years. People with any types of schizophrenia have difficulty in keeping friends and working. They may also have problems with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts or behaviors.

These are the initial symptoms:

• Irritable or tense feeling
• Difficulty in sleeping
• Difficulty in concentrating

And as the illness continues, problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including:

• Lack of emotion (flat affect)
• Delusions - Strongly held beliefs that are not based on reality
• Hallucinations - Hearing or seeing things that are not there
• Loose associations & concentrations - the person tends to "jump" his thoughts between unrelated topics and cannot focus
• Bizarre behaviors
• Social isolation

Movies
There are many movies that you can watch to learn more about schizophrenia. Among all, I wish to recommend the movie A Beautiful Mind.

It is a 2001 American drama film based on the life of John Forbes Nash, a Nobel-Prize winning economist and mathematician.

John Nash is a mathematical genius who develops paranoid schizophrenia during university life and the movie is a detailed description of many aspects of his life, a close examination of his personality and motivations. It gives an interesting perspective on the stresses placed on personal and professional relationships by this severe mental illness of schizophrenia.

Watch the movie through this link http://youtu.be/7Sg4_ZQCC6o

Schizophrenia is a hard illness for loved ones to deal with. You can say that it is near unbearable for the person afflicted by it. There is no known way to prevent schizophrenia.

Call for help if:

• Voices are telling you to hurt yourself or others
• You feel the urge to hurt yourself or others
• You are feeling hopeless or overwhelmed
• You are seeing things that aren't really there
• You feel you cannot leave the house
• You are unable to care for yourself