I watched A Beautiful Mind Again

My triggers were shooting blanks

strictly

--

I remember watching and listening to my brother wail and beg for mercy from the demons ravaging his mind. He would lay in the foetal position screaming for them to leave him. If you’ve lived with anyone with schizophrenia I’m sure you have had a similar experience.

The first time I watched A Beautiful Mind I was left in uncontrollable tears. It brought back a flood of memories. The tics that Russell Crowe was able to perform were so reminiscent of my brother’s tics that it was heartbreaking to…

--

--

strictly

Writer, reader, researcher, mother, widow. Masters Health Administration. I Think Therefore I Am.