Category: A Beautiful Mind

Abnormal psychology is a branch of psychology that studies people who are abnormal or atypical compared to what is acceptable and follows the social norms in a given society. Their behavior may be incomprehensible to others or make others feel threatened and or uncomfortable. With this definition, a person is seen as abnormal when he/she…

Nobel Prize laureate John Forbes Nash Jr. still teaches at Princeton, and walks around grounds every day. That these customary clarifications nearly brought tears to peoples eyes suggests the power of ‘A Beautiful Mind’, the record of a man who is maybe the best mathematician, and experiences schizophrenia. Nash acknowledged for a period that Russians…

In the two biopic films, A Beautiful Mind and The Kings Speech, there are many rather unique characters and some of which are extremely different to one another. These contrasts that the directors of these films have purposefully implemented into these films help to intensify the meaning and or the intention of the biopic film.…

Have you ever watched a movie and wonder what is wrong with a certain character? After reading about various mental disorders listed and play close attention to their symptom it made me realize what could be wrong with a person. Many movies and tv shows often show or educate the public on mental disorders but…

The 2001 film, A Beautiful Mind, tells the story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematical mind and Nobel prize winner in economics who has suffered from schizophrenia throughout his life. The film faithfully portrays the passages of his illness, from the onset to the stage in which he chooses to ignore the hallucinations that will…

Schizophrenia, like many other disorders, is an invisible illness that affects about 1/100 people within society. The illness itself is cognitive and emotional dysfunctions, including delusions, and hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior, and inappropriate emotions (Barlow, D. H., Durand, V. M., Lalumiere, M. L., & Hofmann, S. G., 2018).) Many individuals have mistaken schizophrenia as…

I have chosen to psychoanalyze the character John Forbes Nash Jr. in the film A Beautiful Mind, within the schizophrenia spectrum. Schizophrenia is a disorder that functions to impair the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive areas of an individuals life. A Beautiful Mind is a biographical drama film depicting the real life of John Forbes Nash…

A Beautiful Mind is a true story that was turned into a film in 2001 about a man named John Nash who struggled with schizophrenia throughout his life and how he eventually learned to overcome it. Throughout the film, Johns schizophrenia caused him to hallucinate and imagine people that did not actually exist. One of…