Another gripe I had was that the film gave the viewer the idea that, at times, having schizophrenia might be a little like getting some swell new friends. Two of Nash's "delusions" (the little girl and the friend) were nice to him, encouraged him to eat when he'd overlooked meals, etc.
This flies in the face of what we know about schizophrenia. Namely, that the voices are almost universally hostile, terrifying and they often direct the sufferer to hurt him/herself or others. (For those of you new to TIPS, we had an interesting discussion a while back about where the voices come from [inside the head, from the right, or from the left, etc.] and whether they are always negative [almost, almost always]. A search of the Archives might be worth your interest.) As my daughter recalled of her psychiatric nursing work with schizophrenics, "They don't get new friends, they see green aliens." (She hated the movie too for its simplistic presentation of a terrible disease.) Beth Benoit University System of New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
