Christopher Nash's Schizophrenia In The Film, A Beautiful Mind

During the time when Nash attends the Princeton University, even though he is very intelligent, he finds it hard to connect with his peers and much rather to deal with numbers than with other people. Nash’s imaginary friend, Charles, starts his existence marks the start of Nash’s Schizophrenia. Charles might have been the result of this “self-induced” isolation. Man’s self-concept is related to his perception of others. Individuals’ functions are determined largely by their matrix of loves and hatred, attachments, identifications, and rivalries. The elevation of conscious is supposed to be a function of degree of integration of the conscious and unconscious (the degree of insight achieved). Nash’s detachment to the people around him is messing …show more content…
Nash suddenly faced with the prospect of being permanently committed to an institution. In the film, as Alicia tried to flee and report his behavior, Nash stepped in front of her car to prevent her from leaving. At that critical moment, a sudden insight appeared to “heal” him permanently. He says “She never gets old.” Nash had realized that during his hallucinations over the years, Marcee had continued to be a little girl.
It was a single flash, which illuminated his entire mental landscape. The discovery is partly accidental and partly forced on him by his anxiety to avoid being committed. It is usually a traumatic incident, caused by emotionally negative behaviors, which cause people to have a look at themselves. An alcoholic has to become convinced that he has a problem, before he will submit to treatment. Usually it is when a person encounters a significant problem that his or her RI finally decides that his or her negative emotions need to be …show more content…
It is the skill of consciously identifying their emotional outbursts. People can gradually become familiar with the irrational viewpoints of each of the negative intelligences, which operate within their mind. While self-awareness can throw light on emotional irrationality, many of the behaviors will be triggered repeatedly by “speed dial circuits”, which respond to stressful situations. Negative emotions include fear, sadness, disgust, boredom, contempt, embarrassment, guilt, and shame; they may have a rational basis. For example, Nash is paranoid about his surroundings because of the Soviet agents are following him. It makes sense logically. It is during the Cold War that he is helping the government to stop Soviet plots; therefore, if the Soviets find out about him, they will most likely have apprehended him. This logic makes the negative emotions stronger and therefore the “reality” stronger. The irrational impulses the emotions trigger need to be acknowledged. Physical and mental exercises, which calm the mind, are necessary to prevent a relapse into old habits. However, only self-awareness can inform a person when he or she relapses into his or her old habits. Nash had to prevent new delusions from entering his mind. He uses to humorously check with his students and colleagues whether they too could see his new visitors. He is checking