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Schizophrenic behavior

posted 13 years ago by spidervein
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i realize there are all these signs, but Jeff acts like hes schizophrenic. Or was this mentioned? He dresses slobbish, he sees signs and says hes meant "i was supposed to have a meeting with the kevins and see my destiny". then hes decoding this callers name "kevin". he acts paranoid. etc. i am not saying he IS Schizophrenic or even mental but his behavior is a lot like it; delusional and was wondering did anyone else notice?

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[–] A-Punk 13 years ago

...no, he was a pothead. That pretty much says it all.

[–] west-travel 13 years ago

And are the two supposed be alike? Please, don't hate on pot... Jeff was being adolescent, funny even, and the pot enhanced that. There are actual schizophrenics out there who needn't be used as means of offending someone.

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[–] Defenseman13 12 years ago

LOL, the potheads are all riled up now. Typical.

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[–] spidervein 13 years ago

I very well do. Part of that disorder is grandiose beliefs, so it'd be right on - "Everything in the universe connects somehow" - example not from the movie, though. BUT considering this is just a movie, i'm sure they weren't going for that and yea he was just a pothead.

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[–] speeddemon_1111 13 years ago

in this movie universe or whatever you want to call it, things do happen for a 'reason'. remember the name of the man jeff saved was named kevin, the person he was searching for all day long.

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[–] hxrd-1337 13 years ago

Most people miss that as it is right at the end and in the background.

[–] TeaBunny 12 years ago

>> Part of that disorder is grandiose beliefs, so it'd be right on - "Everything in the universe connects somehow" >>

If he thought everything in the universe connects to ME - that would be more paranoid.

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[–] bthr 13 years ago

psychology is a very 'gentle' subject. unless a person holds a degree, i cant see him as qualified for diagnoses.
but i do agree he has some condition and he should probably go to a therapist or maybe even psychiatrist.

BTW grandiose beliefs is a condition where a person see him better than everyone else. it is very likely Hitler, Stalin, Genghis-Khan and other conquerors had that.

[–] spidervein 13 years ago

It is that plus other things.

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[–] Hellmant 13 years ago

By your definition/explanation every christian would be a schizophrenic. True?

[–] spidervein 13 years ago

true. since i am going by societys definition. it isnt mine. its just on par with psychiatry which psychiatry is not for supernatural beliefs.

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[–] laurann83 13 years ago

I don't think he has schizophrenia. I think it was a mixture of his smoking pot and desperation for life meaning. When you really have no direction about where your life is going, you start to look at little clues and signs for a search of an answer. Don't we all do this at some point? His thought process may be more extreme than others (and maybe the drug use constributes to this), but maybe he desperately wanted some sort of answer. Even me, at 29 still has some 'magically thinking.' I even ask sometime, aloud, for some sort of sign to come to me in a dream as to what direction I should pursue in my search for happiness, a job, etc. When you are frustrated and at the 'very bottom' desperation will seep in.

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[–] RadioTherapy 12 years ago

Laurann83 said it perfectly. I couldn't agree more!

[–] spidervein 12 years ago

this is a great answer.
ill go with this.

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[–] neo7161 12 years ago

Laurann83 said it perfectly. I couldn't agree more! +1 great answer could not agree more. you have a great way of thinking and we more great people on earth that think like you :)

[–] popthree 13 years ago

Come on, he was not schizophrenic. He was just a depressed guy who was trying to latch on to small things by thinking of them as signs.

He was mainly an optimistic guy (at times too much) who sub-conscious was trying to find reason in small little signs to get out of that depression or mind set after the death of his father.

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[–] Dragonsouls 13 years ago

He if he was schizophrenic then so was Moses. And Jesus. I just thought he was intuitive.

[–] b530 13 years ago

Do you even know what schizophrenia means? He might have been a little delusional and a bit out there, but he was pretty much the same person through out the film. I didn't see any signs of him having multiple personalities.

[–] hathor008 12 years ago

you clearly don't know what schizophrenia means if you think it has something to do with multiple personalities. that would be dissociative identity disorder.

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[–] harveyblunts 13 years ago

no he's a blazer and he's unhappy.

[–] Beebler 13 years ago

I thought of the Russell Crowe's character in a Beautiful Mind seeing hidden signs and messages everywhere except Jeff wasn't academically driven/brilliant.

[–] godspeedyoublackemporer 13 years ago

He wasn't any more delusional than a devout religious person. It was more that he was immature, and wanted to believe that everything was connected in some beautiful way, that he was an integral part of.