Disorganized schizophrenia

An improved alcoholic, troubled by the recollections of his late wife and World War II images, Teddy Daniels is the movies main character. Teddy isn’t who he thinks he is because Teddy Daniels is actually Andrew Laeddis an irrational killer. Teddy is currently a patient at a mental hospital for murdering his wife who had drowned their three children and believes he is a cop who is on assignment to find Andrew Laeddis for murding his wife. In reality his so thought assignment is actually part of…

When I was 12 years-old, my older sister was sick. She was having depressive disorder, or, most people call it—depression. Her illness was like a dark cloud overhead. She was struggling, couldn’t go to school, couldn’t work, the only thing she did was staying home and cry. She used to visit a psychologist twice a week, but never got better. The medicine she got had made her sleepy both day and night. Her condition had given everyone in the family a very difficult time. My mother was so worried…

Kane uses humour and grotesque beauty in 4.48 Psychosis to convey a fierce criticism against the failures of the Western medical model. Basing the play in an imaginary almost limbo-like world, Kane does not use theatrical devices of plot and setting, despite visually depicting a mind/ body split in both text and performance. Instead, she delivers prolific fierce dialogue against the medical treatment of mental illnesses, exposing what it means to be mentally ill and how compassion and…

In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, the information provided by the narrator is unreliable. His descriptions and explanations are warped and illogical, and it is very blatant that he is lying and bluffing. There are many parts of the story in which this is the case. One example of the narrator being an unreliable source of information is when he says, “I had heard all the things in heaven and in the earth. I had heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?” This information is very…

Author Elizabeth Seabrook stated that anxiety has a widespread presence of 7.3 percent in the global population. Seventeen out of one hundred people suffer from anxiety. Roughly 15 million people struggle with social anxiety worldwide. With the increasing number of individuals using social media and the internet, these numbers are expected to continue to grow. Research has shown that social media contributes to social anxiety in individuals by providing a way to avoid face-to-face interaction,…

Behavioral therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on changing negative behavioral patterns into positive ones. Because behavioral rehab has many benefits, it is often used in addiction recovery. Below is a list of some of the benefits of behavioral rehab: Helps People Change Their Thoughts In order for one to successfully recover from an addiction, people have to get to the root cause of it. Many people who are battling an addiction are struggling with negative thoughts. Negative…

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a film directed by Milos Forman. The film was formed based on the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest written by Ken Kesey. The movie, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, is considered as the best American movie of the 20th century. The film was the second to win every five main Academy Awards that include Best Picture, Actor in a Lead role, and Actress in a Lead Role, Director and Screenplay after It Happened One Night in 1934. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest…

“As my work is, so am I.” (Smith, Naifeh 6) Vincent Van Gogh declared. On any margin, Vincent’s words truly expressed his mental state. As described by his brother Theo Van Gogh, he slathered paint on thickly and worked quickly, showing his frantic troubled mind, that propelled him to create works of art. Much like Vincent, Matthew in “The shock of the fall” also came of a troubled mind. Not only do Vincent and Matthew both share the connections of suffering from mental illness, they go beyond…

Teen suicide is a hard thing to comprehend. There are many things that can cause suicide one is love. One example is how teen lovers in Bangladesh killed themselves. A 16 year old girl was forced into a marriage with a 32 year old man. This girl had a guy that was 17 that she really liked. They secretly hid and hung out and made sure her or his parents did not find out. Eventually this girl got so attached to the 17 year old guy and she was annoyed with her 32 year old husband that she made a…

Bipolar Disorder in my Community By Webster’s dictionary, the meaning of stigma means ‘to dishonor or to disgrace.’ When that terms dishonor and disgrace come to mind, negative thoughts follow suit. Is having a bipolar disorder a stigma in our society, let alone our community? It’s not a topic many want to discuss in fear of offending someone or bringing tension to the table. As a daughter who has dealt with a family member who has a bipolar disorder, I know exactly how that may feel. In the…