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“The over-emphasis on having a romantic relationship as a cure for your mental health issues is where the RomCom-Dramedy gets it wrong. The ending of the movie makes it seem like all of the mental health problems that two main characters have instantly washed away because they are now in a relationship.”
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-Veronique on rtor.org on why Silver Lining’s Playbook is harmful for people suffering from Bipolar I disorder
“Hollywood loves twists, and mental illness is one of its favorite plot devices for spinning a story in a new direction. But people with schizophrenia don’t normally have visual hallucinations where they see the human players in their delusions represented before them. And they certainly don’t get driven around in cars by them, like we see the hallucinatory Charles doing in one scene.”
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-Jay on rtor.org on why the depiction of the mathematical genius in A Beautiful Mind has been sensationalized for viewership
“There’s a new movie out about a person with DID. It’s a thriller/horror movie…do I ever scare you?”
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-A patient’s email to their psychiatrist Dr. Garret Marie Deckel, who warns that the film Split stigmatizes the disorder and may affect people living with it