schizophrenia theme
A character clearly exhibits some of the main symptoms of schizophrenia as it is popularly perceived. For example, a character may exhibit abnormal behavior due to hearing voices that do not exist.
8 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Through a Glass Darkly (1961) | choice | it was said that Karin suffered from near incurable schizophrenia; she had received electroshock treatment; the condition gave her hallucinations of a religious nature, and she began to expect the arrival of God |
| movie: Donnie Darko (2001) | major | In one viewing of the story, Donnie was a paranoid schizophrenic who was seeing a psychiatrist and taking medication to manage his condition. |
| movie: Footprints on the Moon (1975) | major | One gathers that Alice was suffering from a paranoid delusion that the fictional scientist Blackman was trying to capture her and strand her on the Moon. She suffered from several schizophrenic-like episodes in the film. |
| movie: The Cell (2000) | major | The viewer is shown a window into what the psyche of a schizophrenic person might be like through Dr. Catherine's experiences inside the mind of a comatose serial killer who was suffering from a form of this condition. |
| tz1959e3x33 | major | Jerry heard a voice that did not exist and had seen psychiatrists about it, we are left to interpret. |
| blackmirror-specialx1 | minor | Harry seduced Jennifer and they went back to her place, but she turned out to be schizophrenic and tricked him into drinking poison. |
| movie: Altered States (1980) | minor | Dr. Jessup was entertained the theory that schizophrenia was actually some kind of heightened state of consciousness. |
| tz1985e3x01 | minor | A mysterious voice in Uncle Edgar's head was telling him how to keep the world from going "poof". |