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I have watched movies such as “A Beautiful Mind” with my parents and that was my primary education on Schizophrenia. I have never done much research on it because I thought the movies looked realistic. After watching the video, my mindset has changed. I was so captivated on how they made it feel like you were living in that person’s shoes. I have come to realize that my views on people with Schizophrenia are incorrect. It was interesting that the voices were very self loathing. They tried to diminish the person’s confidence and make him/her more paranoid. In the beginning of the video everything seemed normal and calm but as the day progressed, the hallucinations and voices grew. At the end a lady shows up, I believe it is either a caregiver or romantic partner. Anyways, before she walks in you hear all these voices and it is very overwhelming but right as she entered the house, everything fell silent and it was peaceful again. It was very interesting to me that she was almost a reality check or an rock for him.
I think the media has skewed not only Schizophrenia but all mental illnesses. It contorts them to either make a good plot in a movie or diminishes them to were there is little to no awareness at all. It is sad that the places we turn to for truth do not provide accurate information. I am not saying movies are an accurate source for anything, but that is how many kids learn. From watching television or a big motion picture, children can absorb false knowledge. That is exactly what happened to me. I thought Schizophrenia was very different than what it really is, and it is all because of a movie.
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Hi Ally!
I appreciate the point you made about the role movies and the general media plays in educating the public. “Educating” sounds as though it should be a good thing that the media does this, but they tend to educate people with wrong information. The media likes to depict what is entertaining and interesting, but not the actual lives of those with a mental illness. Oftentimes in movies, a person with schizophrenia is hearing voices telling the person to harm others, but this video instead illustrates the actual usual nature of these thoughts. You are right in that they are surprisingly self-depricating, and more to do with the person with schizophrenia, and less about other people. What is thought about other people is more like paranoia and avoidance.
It is good to hear you know have a more accurate depiction of the life of someone with schizophrenia!
Emily
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