John Nash, born in June 13, 1928, was a mathmatician specializing in game theory and differetial geometry. His father was an electrictrcal engineer and his mother was a school teacher. He earned his doctorate in 1950 and married to Alicia, born in El Slavador, in 1957. However, sign of schizophrenia did not appear until 1958, and Nash resigned his position as faculty member at M.I.T. He spent months in New Jersey Hospitals on an involuntary basis, and He attempted to find a legal arguement for release. Later he was released and he continued on his life in his studies.
The psychologial disorder Nash was foud with was schizophrenia. This disorder never affected him until after he recieved his doctorate. However after his release from the New Jersey hospital, Nash's rational thinking was altered to a delusional state of mind. His the dream-like delusional hypotheses led to Nash avoiding hospitalization and the direct attention of psychiatrists. Soon after, He began to reject some of his delusional thoughts and thus his thought process slowly became more rationalized again. In essence, Nash's psuchological disorder never actually stopped him from acheveing his goals. It only slowed down his objectives.
Schizophrenia causes the lack of perception of reality. In general, this psychological disorder can truly be devastating to its victims as it affects thier cognition, which in turn affect behavior and emotion. This disorder can affect a person's entire life as they lose sense of what reality is. Nash, however, was somehow able to prevent himself from diving further into his schizophrenia with rationalization. This feat of his is not easily accomplished by anyone. The cure to this disorder still remains controvercial and uncertain. People with schizophrenia generally have to deal with this disorder until they die. The majority cannot ever lead a normal life with this disorder.
10 comments:
Good job. You presented background information very well and explained how he was affected by the disease. 100/100
Dan, I think you have a few typos here and there. But otherwise, good job.
John Nash must be very mentally determined to overcome his sickness and still retain his overall wellness of mind. Fascinating.
I like how you gave background information, then talked about the disorder. It's interesting to see how a person so smart could have such a mess in his head.
I liked everything about your post! the background info, the description of the disorder itself, and your feelings towards it all made sense and was very detailed! 100 :)
Hey Dan!
I think that's so sad that Mr. Nash's disorder prevented him from doing a lot of things he wanted to. I wish there could be a cure to schizophrenia so that more people can live longer and have a better life.Besides the spellings erros (haha), I like how you explained everything clearly; its overall a good blg!
I am in admiration about how he could get past schizophrenia and still become a genius. Great post.
wow people who overcome these kinds of things should really be cominded. your background information and be sure to use the spell check tool
This sucked! Haha naw jus kidding this was awesome! I feel very informed after reading this.
good job,nice information provided.actually learned some stuff after read the post.
I'll be honest and say that I didn't even know who John Forbes Nash was before I read this haha. Very informative, nice work.
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