John Nash Schizophrenia

Ayobami Adedeji John Nash character fits the criteria for being diagnosed as having schizophrenia because of the symptoms he showed in his behavior and personality. These symptoms included the disturbed perception he had in his thoughts, his environment and the people around him. He showed some inappropriate emotion towards his perception like his imaginary friend Charles he felt like Charles betrayed him when he was taking to the psychiatry hospital. His speech was also disorganized he did not how to reply questions or give a speech in organized manner. His thought was not logic he thought in an unorganized manner. The three negatives symptoms of schizophrenia John appeared to have are reduced social interaction he could not …show more content…
In the movie this could be seen when he spoke to the lady who slapped him and walked out on him. He also had a dysfunctional thoughts and emotions which interfered with his life this was made him not to enjoy his college life or even adapt to his environment. Lastly he was distressful leading him to anxiety he was stressed that he was not going to come up with a formula of his own this was why he hit his head on the window because he was stressed. The imaginary private mission he had also made him stressed out he was always stressed that if he let things out it might hurt his family so all these thoughts got him stressed this was why he told his wife to go to her sister’s place to stay safe there without any explanation to his wife. Johns’ schizophrenia influenced those around him in a negative way that the people around him started to see him as a crazy person, he was not taking seriously, people started to doubt him as seen. In the movie he went to throw away the garbage and spoke to the garbage man but when his wife asked him who he was talking to and he mentioned the garbage man his wife doubted him until she saw the garbage man himself. People around him was also sacred he was going to do something to hurt …show more content…
In the film when he had the anxiety issue about not getting his formula in on time. His imagery friend helped him out to get his act together and work on his formula and not give up on himself leading to one of his breakthrough has a mathematician. The film demonstrated the treatment for schizophrenia is first reaching out to the person in every possible way. The second step is to reach out to a psychiatrist for help the psychiatrist would prescribe the medicine and necessary advice to help the patient. They also need the people around them to be patient with them they get better slowly but surely. John’s support system helped him to function with schizophrenia his wife was his major support system. She never left his side or even divorce him she stood by him even if things where starting to get frustrating she still stood by him. He lost his job and his wife was the only one working he was not really happy with the way his life turned out he started to smoke to help forget his worries. the secret mission illusion came back, and he also had no motivation to take his