The Soloist: The Paranoid Schizophrenic
The Paranoid Schizophrenic Soloist
In this movie clip of “The Soloist”, one sees Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, a musician, playing the violin and cello in Julliard Art School, where his symptoms of schizophrenia started with just voices calling his name. He then discusses these frightening symptoms with his mother and realizes that she is indifferent to it and does not care. Ayers is portraying paranoid schizophrenia, because he has these hallucinations where he thinks and believes that people are off to get him as well as judge whatever he does. Furthermore, his symptoms get worse to the point that it is impairing his life functioning. Eventually he becomes homeless due to his impairing disorder.
This clip is an accurate portrayal of paranoid
In this movie clip of “The Soloist”, one sees Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, a musician, playing the violin and cello in Julliard Art School, where his symptoms of schizophrenia started with just voices calling his name. He then discusses these frightening symptoms with his mother and realizes that she is indifferent to it and does not care. Ayers is portraying paranoid schizophrenia, because he has these hallucinations where he thinks and believes that people are off to get him as well as judge whatever he does. Furthermore, his symptoms get worse to the point that it is impairing his life functioning. Eventually he becomes homeless due to his impairing disorder.
This clip is an accurate portrayal of paranoid