movie: Beautiful Mind - Schizophrenia Message Board

08-01-2002, 01:42 AM

Has anyone seen it? I saw it the other day.. I never knew how bad schizophrenia is.. It was so sad. But i understand it so much better.

dee10 · 08-01-2002, 01:00 PM

Hi there. I saw A Beautiful Mind in the theatre. To me, it's profound message is the extent to which the disease is misunderstood and second, true committment at any cost. To endure your husband's battle w/ such foresight, dignity and grace is a lesson I took away from that film. The depth and breadth of his struggle and how it manifests itself in all aspects of life is remarkable; more so to have the knowledge that there is at least one person who is beside you through it all. Russell should have won the Oscar; even without the accolade he did us all a favour and opened our eyes to the extraordinary power of mental illness and love.
Best regards.

~*Silent*~ · 08-02-2002, 03:26 PM

Actually, the movie didn't do a great portrayal of what the disease is actually like. People diagnosed with Schiz do NOT acctually see images not there. They only hear them, or imagine them. They do not really appear like a hallucination. But I suppose being such a hard disease to explain, that was the best they could do.

I enjoyed the movie myself, even if it wasn't "great", but that movie was the thing that gave me the inspiration to tell my BF about my mother.

I wish there were more people posing here so that I could relate with others.

Kokopelli · 08-04-2002, 12:09 AM

It is an excellent movie.. very emotional because it really hits home for me ...

Kokopelli · 09-26-2002, 11:12 PM

RainyDay,

My brother see's things too and hears things.. I know is drug addiction worsened his condition and I doubt you have a drug addiction. But I see the affects of schitzophrenia similar to my brothers affects (sorry if I confused you I think I just confused myself) LOL

Hugs
koko