Schizophrenia In John Nash's A Beautiful Mind
In A Beautiful Mind John Nash, the main character, suffered from Schizophrenia. John Nash was a student that attended Princeton in 1947. He felt as if he was so smart and capable that he didn't attend classes. He was awkward and wasn’t able to relate to his classmates causing Nash to be an outcast. Nash caused himself to be an outcast due to his antisocial behavior. Nash’s roommate, Charles, was the only student that fully accepted him. Nash began working on a original idea for his thesis. Later Nash began teaching at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is where John met his wife, Alicia Larde, which was a student. John Nash later visited Princeton where he ran into Charles, his old roommate, and Marcee, Charles niece. During this time
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Nash agreed to get help which led to insulin shock therapy. After multiple sessions Nash is given antipsychotic medication, and was released from the hospital. Nash didn't like the side affects that the medication caused so he stopped taking the pills, causing a relapse. Alicia finds a secret office that Nash had been working on Parcher’s secret missions. Alicia returns to the the house only to find their son drowning in the bathtub. Nash insisted that Charles had been watching him. Alicia attempts to call the psychiatric hospital, but Parcher urges Nash to kill his wife. Nash then pushes his wife to the ground in attempt to get the phone. Alicia leaves the house with the son, but Nash stops them as he realizes that Marcee, Charles niece, was a hallucination because she never ages. At this moment Nash realizes that Parcher, Charles, and Marcee are all hallucinations. Nash decided that he is not going to go further with the medication, but he is going to say bye to his hallucinations. Later Nash begins to work at the Princeton library where would audit classes. Nash would ask people he was close with if people were real to make sure he wasn't talking to his
Nash agreed to get help which led to insulin shock therapy. After multiple sessions Nash is given antipsychotic medication, and was released from the hospital. Nash didn't like the side affects that the medication caused so he stopped taking the pills, causing a relapse. Alicia finds a secret office that Nash had been working on Parcher’s secret missions. Alicia returns to the the house only to find their son drowning in the bathtub. Nash insisted that Charles had been watching him. Alicia attempts to call the psychiatric hospital, but Parcher urges Nash to kill his wife. Nash then pushes his wife to the ground in attempt to get the phone. Alicia leaves the house with the son, but Nash stops them as he realizes that Marcee, Charles niece, was a hallucination because she never ages. At this moment Nash realizes that Parcher, Charles, and Marcee are all hallucinations. Nash decided that he is not going to go further with the medication, but he is going to say bye to his hallucinations. Later Nash begins to work at the Princeton library where would audit classes. Nash would ask people he was close with if people were real to make sure he wasn't talking to his