Re: A Beautiful Mind

Posted by emoot on January 02, 2002 at 00:57:21:

In Reply to: A BEautiful MINd posted by PESh on December 29, 2001 at 21:47:20:

: Anybody seen it? If you haven't, go see it. It's a great movie. I believe the main character is a 5w6. He is a detached observer, very scientific, brilliant, incredible powers of concentration.

I saw it and liked the movie very much. It was well done. I too, thought he was a 5. He struck me as an INTP. Extremely introverted, incredibly smart, very sensitive, unconventional and quite out of touch with emotion(since childhood).

I did some reading on his real bio and It did not go into his actual delusions other than to say that he was quite paranoid -schizophrenic. I also went to the trouble to see what kind of mental illness 5s are prone to. I found information that suggested that they are prone to schizoid personalities and schizophrenia. 6s were prone to schizophrenia also.

I felt that the three manifestations in the movie represented, even though detached, vulnurable aspects of himself. His needs if you will.....the need to be more social, the need to be recognized and respected for his talent and the need to be cared for. It was good symbolism but I think those parts were embellished by Hollywood.

emoot

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