Schizophrenia in relation to a beautiful mind

An illness with psychological or behavioral manifestations and important in functioning due to a social, psychological, genetic, physical chemical, or biologic disturbance that is not limited to relations between an individual and society.  Mental illness is done by the mind relating or suffering from a disorder of the mind. 

Schizophrenia is a serious brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality, and relates to others (Watkins, 20).  Some common symptoms are such as delusions some people think they have special powers.  Another is hearing, seeing, feeling, or even smelling things like hallucinations a good example is to hear voices talking.  A good example of schizophrenia is the movie called “A Beautiful Mind”.  John Nash starts seeing three people who are not real during the time when he entered graduate school.  He believed the visions that he sees were real, until his wife tells him.  People with schizophrenia are not normal however; they are still very brilliant people.  People who have schizophrenia cannot tell the difference between what is real and what their imagination (Watkins, 26) is.  This happens to 1% of the population and usually starts in early adulthood around 15 to 25 years of age, and usually happens after having a particular stressful time (26).  Some major treatments for schizophrenia are medications called “antipsychotics”, and they are usually taken with therapy.    Another treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy it has been successful for patients recovering from symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, or depression.  Schizophrenia can be treated however; a cure has not been discovered.

Anxiety disorder occurs when you’re confronted with a possible threat, danger, or negative event, particularly something over which has little control (Norton, 8).  It involves fear of embarrassment or humiliation in situations where someone is exposed to the scrutiny of others or must perform (Norton, 9).  There are many different types of anxiety disorder. Most people who experience a traumatic event will have reactions such as shock, anger, nervousness, fear, and event of guilt. The person may avoid people, places, thoughts, or situations that may remind him or her of the trauma (Norton, 102).  This causes them to detach and hide from family and friends, also lose interest in activities.  They also get excessive emotion; problems relating to others, including feeling or showing affection, difficulty falling or staying asleep, and irritability.  The person may also suffer physical symptoms, such as increased blood pressure and heart rate, rapid breathing, muscle tension, nausea, and diarrhea (Norton, 55).  One anxiety is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a potentially disabling illness that traps people in endless cycles of repetitive thoughts and behaviors (Norton, 19).   One repeats things over and over, and wanting to be in control all the time.  Some examples are checking, washing, counting, and repeating, fear of making a mistake, and need for order.  OCD people do these things to reduce anxiety or prevent terrible things from happening.  The anxiety produced by these thoughts leads to an argent need to perform certain rituals or routines.  People with OCD may be aware that their obsession and compulsion are senseless or unrealistic, but they cannot stop them (Norton, 19).  Although the cause of OCD is not understood, studies have shown that a combination of biological and environmental factors may be involved.

Within the article Kim Noble the woman with 100 personalities,  Kim is a painter and lives in a small terrace house in south London with her daughter Aimee.  She has many personalities with their own names.  Some are children.  Some are male.  However; Kim has a dominant personality Patricia.  Patricia is usually the one that handles all the business and the money.  One of the many personalities is Judy she comes out at meals a 15 year old who believes she’s fat.  Kim states that this began when she was around three.  Doctors believe this happened to Kim due to her childhood, she suffered from abuse and her parents were never around.  Through time Kim started to refuge in these personalities to protect her from what was happening.  Kim is a brilliant woman no matter her struggle that did not hold her back.  She succeeded and became artist.

There are a lot of people with mental illness and just because of the mental disorders does not mean that they can’t succeed.  They are very intelligent people.