Am I Nuts to write this kind of stuff???
I was reading the *Mumbai Mirror* (a supplement of the Times of India)…….and read an article by *Sapna Bhavnani* ( totally love her….her style of writing….her free spirit…and I think she’s awesome and hope to meet her someday to tell all these things personally!!!)
And in that she wrote of some guy called *Benny*……he apparently was a maniac-depressive….and that got me into thinking……all these people with major psychiatric manifestations….are they really talking mumbo-jumbo??? Or they have some kind of special perceptive powers that we do not have and they are the ones who talk sense???
Schizophrenics who hear things and a whole lot of other people who see things….all different kinds of hallucinations………and the things they say or the energy that maniacs have to do things…….is it supernatural???………………
Just think about it….if you are in a group of intellectually-challenged or dim-wits….the rest around you will laugh at whatever you say or just write you off…..so does this mean that they are correct or smarter than you…….or whatever they say or do the fact remains that you are the smart one???
But if you are there with them for a long period of time…..you tend to give up and try to talk at their level…….so is it possible that with all the medication and the rest of the stuff…..we try to bring them (psych patients)….down to our level……deprive them of the special senses and the powers that they have???
I still remember working in the psychiatry wards in our hospital….as a med student and as an intern….and I always found these people….unusually disarming,,,,serene,,,,pleasant and innocent…..and it always looked like they could see beyond the usual spectrum of things……
Something like a *Conspiracy Theory*…..eh???
So…..finally…are these people really nuts???……..or am I nuts to write this kind of stuff???
And in that she wrote of some guy called *Benny*……he apparently was a maniac-depressive….and that got me into thinking……all these people with major psychiatric manifestations….are they really talking mumbo-jumbo??? Or they have some kind of special perceptive powers that we do not have and they are the ones who talk sense???
Schizophrenics who hear things and a whole lot of other people who see things….all different kinds of hallucinations………and the things they say or the energy that maniacs have to do things…….is it supernatural???………………
Just think about it….if you are in a group of intellectually-challenged or dim-wits….the rest around you will laugh at whatever you say or just write you off…..so does this mean that they are correct or smarter than you…….or whatever they say or do the fact remains that you are the smart one???
But if you are there with them for a long period of time…..you tend to give up and try to talk at their level…….so is it possible that with all the medication and the rest of the stuff…..we try to bring them (psych patients)….down to our level……deprive them of the special senses and the powers that they have???
I still remember working in the psychiatry wards in our hospital….as a med student and as an intern….and I always found these people….unusually disarming,,,,serene,,,,pleasant and innocent…..and it always looked like they could see beyond the usual spectrum of things……
Something like a *Conspiracy Theory*…..eh???
So…..finally…are these people really nuts???……..or am I nuts to write this kind of stuff???
posted by jerry_mumbai at 12:09 AM
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Incidentally I watched 15th Park Avenue the other day. A very good movie and beautiful performances. Konkana's act as a schizphrenic made me understand such people better.
There is one scene where Shabana is discussing things with the psychiatrist and is expressing her frustrations over Konkana's delusions and stories. He points towards a table and asks her to describe what's on it.
"A vase" she replies confidentally.
To which, he says, "what if all the people present in this room say it is not a vase but a candelabra?"
"But why would they say so? It is a vase." replied Shabana, a little confused, a little disturbed.
"What if they all say it is a candelabra and not a vase? Would you believe them and not what you see?"
The point he was trying to put across was that for a schizophrenic the things they say is as much a part of reality as what we see/feel/hear/sense is part of our reality.
This transcript is only to facililate u if you have not seen the movie.
prasann....i havent seen the movie thou i would love to see it......but don't you think what i said could be true???
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