Disorganized schizophrenia

The mind is a fortress keeping the living organism stable from psychological stress; however, when overwhelmed, the normal state of consciousness deteriorates causing the mind to endure severe distress. As demonstrated in various psychology experiments such as the Stanford Prison Experiment, enduring such distress can dissect the mind, causing an individual to hallucinate and even endure physical demands. An unfamiliar tedious journey can invoke psychological stresses worrying about…

In Cree, one does not say, “I am sick.” Instead, one says, “The sickness has come to me.” I love that and want to honor it (Citeswt). Johanna Hedva is a Korean American contemporary artist whose most famous work is the Sick Women Theory. She got the idea of sick women theory from Audrey Wollen’s “Sad Girl Theory” and Kate Zambreno’s “Heroines.” She tries and gives the sick women the qualities opposite to a heroin because sick women are not considered as heroines. Her idea of sick women theory…

The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a boy who is named Holden who struggles in life and making his own decisions but, he finally gets his life straightened out after he’s in a mental hospital. The Catcher In the Rye By: J.D. Salinger is a story about a teenager who is explaining his life story while he is in an Asylum. He has three things besides Phoebe that helps him get through his struggles including, The red hunting Cap, Allie’s Baseball Mitt and the Carousel these all represent…

Have you ever experienced being trapped in something or somewhere, but there is no way out? Such is the case with Mrs. Mallard, from “The Story of an Hour”, and Mrs. Wright, from Trifles. At first, Mrs. Mallard does not realize that she is trapped, but after her husband dies, she has an awakening. Mrs. Wright, on the other hand, knows that her life is like a cage. Everything thing that is special is taken away from her, therefore she takes matter in her own hands. Even though these two stories…

"The feeling of nothingness isn't the nicest feeling, then again, how would one know what it feels like, if it feels like nothing? How does one explain what feeling like nothing feels like? Do you feel sad? Scared? Angry? A mix of all these emotions? I could show you if you like. Just follow me to the edge of the cliff but beware, the ground can be slippery. I wouldn't want you falling into nothingness the way I did. Before you get too close to the edge, let me explain what nothingness felt…

In life, a person can feel morose, with the whole world crashing on top of them, or content. When people are unhappy about their situation, they can deal with their emotions in different ways. Many resort to methods that require them to think about something else, but some will do the exact opposite and find an activity where they can ignore their problems. An accessible way to forget about the gloomy aspects in life is music. Stephen Dobyns poem, "Loud Music", addresses how songs and their…

Everyone of a conscious mind has a fear of something. Those certain individuals who say they are “fearless” are liars. Anyone and everyone who are “fearless” may not be scared of any physical being but are scared, sometimes horribly terrified. to fear. A child might fear being in the ocean or the dark; an old man, on the other hand, might fear losing mental capabilities or even life. Although fears might also change throughout a lifetime, most people do remain scared of something. Fear is one of…

The “The Yellow Paper” wall paper is a short story written in 1899 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The short story is about a middle-aged woman that suffers from depression has a mental breakdown during her stay at a rental house. During her stay at the rental house there is a yellow wallpaper in her bedroom that initially disgusts her but becomes her obsession before she breaks down. The yellow wallpaper plays an important role in this story because it causes the narrator to break down and…

Macbeth Essay Imagine the President of the United States suffering from insanity. The thought of anyone in authority being mentally unstable may rattle some, but this scenario plays out in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. The play describes how the title character uses violence to maintain power but gradually plummets into the abyss of mental illness. In Macbeth, Shakespeare asserts how power drives people to a descent into madness, as demonstrated by the title character and his wife…

Sometimes everyone gets the feeling of a constant rush of uncertainty, anxiety, and tension because of what they think may or may not happen. In And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie the ten main characters in the story are constantly having this feeling of immense uncertainty. They feel this way because they are slowly dying without even knowing how or why the others were killed. The story begins with all ten people being invited by an anonymous person and are murdered one by one. This…