Schizophrenia In The Film A Beautiful Mind

Schizophrenia is a harsh and ongoing problem for the individuals with this disease. There is no solid cause that scientists have discovered, meaning no cure. Patients with schizophrenia must instead control their symptoms for a lifetime. Without the proper medication and/or therapy, these individuals become scared and dangerous. They hear sounds that are not being made, and see things that are non-existent. These individuals are often classified as crazy, although they don’t understand what is happening to themselves or how to live like a “normal” human being. With the proper treatment, they are alive and well but have no personality. They can’t do things by themselves, they are bland and blunt. Their quality to be unique diminishes, and they are considered burdens on their family and the people around them. Even the most helpful forms of treatment do not make the sufferers life seem any more pleasant to endure than the alternative.

A Beautiful Mind: Living and overcoming a life of severe Schizophrenia …show more content…
After receiving the Carnegie prize in mathematics, Nash becomes a new student at Princeton University. Charles, a literature student, soon becomes Nash’s best friend after they are assigned as roommates. While Nash is scurrying to come up with an original idea for a school thesis assignment, Charles is obsessed with making Nash as good at communication as he is with numbers. After being rejected by a girl at a bar Nash comes up with “the concept of governing dynamics, a theory in mathematical economics” (A Beautiful