A Beautiful Mind Movie Psychological Analysis

Greg Snioch Abnormal Psychology 05/03/2016 Professor McKinsey Second Movie Paer !eflec"ion

 A Beautiful Mind Reflection #n "he movie $A %ea&"if&l Mind'( "he s"ory of ma"hema"ician and )obel Pri*e +inner ,ohn )ash is "old' e-ressing his nearly lifelong s"r&ggle +i"h schi*ohrenia. he movie begins a" a oin" +here ,ohn is no" even a+are he has schi*ohrenia' he a""em"s +i"h his +ife "o "ame his condi"ion. he firs" movie # +a"ched for "his class +as olf olf f all all S"ree" +hich +as a movie yo& co&ld see narcissi"ic na rcissi"ic &ali"ies in b&" # believe "his movie +as m&ch more informa"ional in describing schi*ohrenic sym"oms as +ell as ho+ an individ&al +i"h "he disease may ac". # lied "his movie a lo" beca&se i" sho+ed someone4s s"r&ggle +i"h schi*ohrenia from +here "he disease s"emmed "o "he end of his life. Aside from "his yo& are able "o see insigh"s "o "rea"men"s and c&res of "he disease as +ell as ho+ "his may affec" "he lives of ,ohn4s family. ,ohn )ash4s charac"er or"rayed many main sym"oms of being a schi*ohrenic. ne of "he main sym"oms is an inabili"y "o comm&nica"e' +hich c rea"es a larger roblem as +ell. )o"  being able "o comm&nica"e nega"ively imac"s in"erersonal rela"ionshis and in"imacy as +ell. o& o& co&ld "ell "he s"r&ggle being e-erienced by ,ohn4s family. is +ife Alicia Alicia "ries "o hel her h&sband see medical a""en"ion and receive "rea"men" in an a""em" "o re"&rn "o "heir n ormal

lifes"yles. She soon fo&nd o&" i" +o&ld no" b e so simle. As "he movie +en" on and )ash began receiving "rea"men" i" seemed lie his disease +as s"ar"ing "o ge" &nde r con"rol b&" from "ime "o

"ime his hall&cina"ions became overo+ering and h e co&ld no" rid "hem from his mind. ne ins"ance of "his +as +hen he believed he +as s"ill +oring for Preacher and "he governmen" +hen decoding $secre" messages( in ne+saers. e "ried "o ee "his secre" by hiding "he ne+saers from his +ife in an abandoned shed b&" "his s"ory soon &nfolded. ne day +hen )ash +as giving his baby a ba"h' he +andered off. Alicia +as hanging la&ndry o&"side +hen she no"iced "ha" "here +as an oen door "o "he shed and discovers ,ohn has "&rned i" in"o a lab for his +or for Parcher' 7+ho is no" real.8 She ran "o "he ho&se "o confron" ,ohn and made i" barely in "ime "o save "heir son from dro+ning. A" "his "ime in "he movie' )ash claimed "ha" his friend 9harles had been +a"ching "heir son. Alicia rom"ly +en" "o call "he  sychia"ric hosi"al "o reor" an emergency +i"h her h&sband. ,ohn sees Parcher: "he made;& governmen" agen" once again' +ho &rges )ash "o ill his +ife. e does no" ob lige b&" acciden"ly nocs her "o "he gro&nd. Alicia fled "he home in fear of life for herself and "heir son. #" +as aro&nd "his "ime "ha" ,ohn +as able "o acce" "he fac" "ha" he may be schi*ohrenic' or a" "he very leas" s&ffering from vis&al and a&di"ory hall&cina"ions. e comes "o acce" "he fac" "ha" Parcher' Marcee' and 9harles are all figmen"s of his imagina"ion and "ha" none of "hem had been aging "hro&gh "he years he has been seeing "hem. Some o"her sym"oms of schi*ohrenia +hich are resen"ed in "his movie are "he in"ense del&sions ,ohn s&ffers from' lie believing he is +oring for "he governmen"' or "ha" he +as living +i"h a roomma"e in his single dorm room' an d several o"her occasions as +ell. #n "he case of in"erersonal rela"ionshis' his marriage +i"h Alicia becomes very s"rained. o& can "ell she

cares for him dearly beca&se she con"in&es "o "ry and hel him see "rea"men" and recover. hen ,ohn4s disease +as ge""ing +orse' his enco&n"ers +i"h s"rangers became more s"rained and a++ard. is social sills became oor a" bes"' incorora"ing &nn a"&ral hand ges"&res and a++ard facial e-ressions.
sym"oms of schi*ohrenia and sho+s a changing in "ime from +here eole +i"h s&ch disorders may be considered cra*y.