SEX_VAMPYRE
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I have recently seen A Beautiful Mind on DVD.
I was very impressed with how complete and logical the delusions of the main character John Nash appeared to be in the motion picture. On the DVD program notes ,the Director Ron Howard mentions that he suspected a connection between John Nash's brilliant mathematical creativity and his schizophrenia. According to the film, John Nash's first delusions coincided with his initial mathematical breakthroughs.
I would like to ask if the delusions from those who suffer from a psychosis can appear to be as logical and coherent as in reality? Being a layperson I was always under the impression that the mind of someone who suffers from delusions creates it's own fantasy world with it's own rules. Whatever occurs in the minds of a psychotic could not possibly make any sense in reality. Can someone's halucintations be as factually detailed and complete as those portrayed by John Nash in the film?( IE,Nash's "roomate" adopted his "sister's neice" after a car accident, he was asked by a "G-man " to look for secret codes in ordinary periodicals, his arm was injected with a radioactive isotope.etc. )
I would even be so bold as to ask if anything useful or constructive could be applied in the real world that had been derived from one's delusions?I would be fascinated to hear from anyone who has worked with the mentally ill who could share their experiences.
I was very impressed with how complete and logical the delusions of the main character John Nash appeared to be in the motion picture. On the DVD program notes ,the Director Ron Howard mentions that he suspected a connection between John Nash's brilliant mathematical creativity and his schizophrenia. According to the film, John Nash's first delusions coincided with his initial mathematical breakthroughs.
I would like to ask if the delusions from those who suffer from a psychosis can appear to be as logical and coherent as in reality? Being a layperson I was always under the impression that the mind of someone who suffers from delusions creates it's own fantasy world with it's own rules. Whatever occurs in the minds of a psychotic could not possibly make any sense in reality. Can someone's halucintations be as factually detailed and complete as those portrayed by John Nash in the film?( IE,Nash's "roomate" adopted his "sister's neice" after a car accident, he was asked by a "G-man " to look for secret codes in ordinary periodicals, his arm was injected with a radioactive isotope.etc. )
I would even be so bold as to ask if anything useful or constructive could be applied in the real world that had been derived from one's delusions?I would be fascinated to hear from anyone who has worked with the mentally ill who could share their experiences.
