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    when he was under the influence of alcohol. When Jack begins to have hallucinations while staying at the Overlook Hotel‚ he is able to disregard some of them and understand that they are not genuine. For example‚ when he hears his father’s voice through a radio telling him that he “must kill Danny and Wendy” (King 227)‚ Jack immediately recognizes the words as a hallucination and smashes the radio. However‚ these hallucinations become more powerful and convincing over time‚ and soon begin to latch

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    dancer at a dance company that lives at home with her single mother. PP/CC: Nina is having major stress after being selected the lead role. She is having delusions and hallucinations on a regular basis. She has the mindset that she has to be perfect for the performance. SS: Nina is having persecutory delusions‚ visual/auditory hallucinations‚ self-harm‚ and impulsive behavior. She reports seeing things almost daily. Constantly scratches her back to the point of bleeding but typically blacks out and doesn’t

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    that Nash has delusions you could argue this as being his way of challenging the audience - to take them on an intellectual imaginative journey. Charles Herman‚ the first hallucination‚ is first seen from Nash’s point of view‚ announcing that “the prodigal roommate has arrived”. This is to indicate that Charlie is a hallucination since he shows up in a shot filmed in Nash’s perspective after an empty shot of Nash’s dormitory door. After a scene transition‚ they are chatting on a university building

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    Gabbard‚ G.O.‚2011‚ p. 114). Nina believes that Lily is plotting against her even though she has no concrete reason to do so. Moreover‚ Nina experiences hallucinations; the experience of sounds or other sensations in any of the five senses that exists only in the client’s mind. In the film‚ Nina experiences both auditory and visual hallucinations which include‚ hearing voices and watching herself transform into a swan. Furthermore‚ Nina shows signs of disorganized behaviour. This is when the patient

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    first of these positive symptoms are seen through the hallucinations John has of having a room -mate while at Princeton. This room- mate continues to stay "in contact" with John through out his adult life and later this room- mate’s niece enters Johns mind as another coinciding hallucination. Nash’s other hallucination is Ed Harris‚ who plays a government agent that seeks out Nash’s intelligence in the field of code- breaking. This hallucination of Ed Harris is the key factor in Nash’s delusional

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    performance as he does not attend his classes. Soon visual hallucinations become apparent as Charles; his roommate makes appearances with his niece Marcie throughout the movie‚ along with Parcher‚ the head of the Department of Defense‚ who appears later in the movie as John Nash’s hallucinations become worse. John Nash begins to believe that he is employed by the Department of Defense‚ deciphering secret codes from the Soviets. As John’s hallucinations peak‚ he is admitted to a mental hospital under the

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    heard the ghost‚ which is why the ghost being an auditory hallucination is being ruled out‚ and so is Schizophrenia. If Hamlet was the only one that heard the ghost‚ and it was an auditory hallucination then it could still be used to identify this as Bipolar I. Auditory hallucinations happen with Manic Episodes and on a scale from 1-4‚ auditory hallucinations qualify as a 4 “Severe with psychotic features” and usually these auditory hallucinations are “mood-congruent psychotic features”(DSM- IV 413-414)

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    In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth’s visions and hallucinations play a significant role and contribute to the development of his character. In the play Macbeth‚ a man is driven to murder his king and his companions after receiving a fairly ambiguous prophecy told by three witches. Although the witches triggered the series of events that later aid Macbeth’s descent into complete insanity‚ Macbeth is portrayed from the very beginning as a fierce and violent soldier. As the play goes on‚ several internal

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    heart problems‚ and hallucinations. Brain damage can affect you in not being able to speak or read correctly. Heart problems come in to affect in almost the same exact way when you smoke cigarettes. Lastly‚ the biggest problem‚ brain damage‚ people have hallucinations when they use drugs. When you are having hallucinations from drugs you can’t tell what is real and what is your imagination. For example‚ you have just done drugs and you are running but you’re having a hallucination and you think you’re

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    Prince Hamlet in act one‚ scene five after his tragic death to relay his message of his death to his one and only son. However‚ it seems that the rational Hamlet has already started to go mad with grief because the Ghost is a visual and auditory hallucination of Hamlet’s. The Ghost mentions the two aspects of Oedipal desires such as the need to assert dominance and to receive a mother’s affection through the quote “Ghost: Ay‚ that incestuous‚ that adulterate beast‚/ With witchcraft of his wit‚ with

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