Do you notice that many super-natural thrillers tend to have elements of schizop!
Question: Is it just me, or does it seem like quite a few super-natural or "sixth-sense" type thrillers these days have a trend in representing metaphors for delusional/paranoid schizophrenia?
Despite the complexity of the "super-natural" movie plots, it seems like many of these thrillers have elements of schizophrenia, such as in "Gothika", "The Sixth Sense", and some others.
Of course, hollywood, and popular culture "loves" mental illness in the movies, and such. I guess in some ways, it can provide some insights into the complexities of mental illness, and the human mind/brain. It's sort of interesting, I get the feeling that psychiatrists/psychologists have their own collection of movies portraying mental illness, because my psychologist mentioned that he owned some movies; I think he mentioned once that he had "Girl, Interrupted", and "A Beautiful Mind", or something like that.
Answers: Is it just me, or does it seem like quite a few super-natural or "sixth-sense" type thrillers these days have a trend in representing metaphors for delusional/paranoid schizophrenia?
Despite the complexity of the "super-natural" movie plots, it seems like many of these thrillers have elements of schizophrenia, such as in "Gothika", "The Sixth Sense", and some others.
Of course, hollywood, and popular culture "loves" mental illness in the movies, and such. I guess in some ways, it can provide some insights into the complexities of mental illness, and the human mind/brain. It's sort of interesting, I get the feeling that psychiatrists/psychologists have their own collection of movies portraying mental illness, because my psychologist mentioned that he owned some movies; I think he mentioned once that he had "Girl, Interrupted", and "A Beautiful Mind", or something like that.
i was thinking of the same thing recently.
i think thatr a lot of people are getting diagnosed with mental illnesses aka "schizophrenia" because they hear or see things.
i saw a show the other day that showed that people just are experienced supernatural things yet they are dianosed with a mental illness. this is wrong.
for example, "indigo children" see and hear spirits. they sleep in their parents' room or sleep without a light on because of this. things need to be changed.
I think Hollywood is attracked to supernatural movies as you say, and in turn employs a fair number of people with bipolar disorder who know first hand about paranoia, delusions, hallucinations and so forth. Who better to write a script about such things than someone who has experienced them? Who could be a better source for special effects? I'd say this is all just a thought, but Hollywood and the artistic community have a higher rate of mentally ill than the overall average population. Anyway, it all still gets back to what the public wants to pay money to watch. So, it's not really Hollywood that wants these films, it's that Hollywood wants to make money off of the people who want to watch these films. But, yes, the fascination with mental illness is interesting. It's just unfortunate that so frequently it's villified.