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Mental illness
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RE: Mental illness
Of course, this all raises one very important question: What of Harvey?

In the movie Harvey, Jimmy Stewart claims to be the best friend of an invisible 6 1/2' rabbit named Harvey. The Hallucinations and the delusions he builds around them would, under the diagnostic criteria in the DSM, be enough to give him a diagnosis of Schizophrenia, but, apart from embarrassed relatives who want control of his estate, it doesn't really have much of a negative impact on his life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBvpxzl54D8

In addition, the more I read, the more it seems likely that William Blake may have been the same way; his more esoteric and prophetic works may very well have been inspired by visions consistent with Schizophrenia, but I've heard at least one person discounting the hypothesis on the grounds that it didn't really have much of a negative effect on his life, professional or personal.
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Mental illness - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - December 23, 2013 at 1:47 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Minimalist - December 23, 2013 at 1:50 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Psykhronic - December 23, 2013 at 1:51 pm
RE: Mental illness - by LastPoet - December 23, 2013 at 1:52 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Jackalope - December 23, 2013 at 2:05 pm
RE: Mental illness - by FlyingNarwhal - December 29, 2013 at 3:59 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Chad32 - December 23, 2013 at 2:52 pm
RE: Mental illness - by pop_punks_not_dead - December 29, 2013 at 3:51 pm
RE: Mental illness - by freedomfromforum - December 29, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: Mental illness - by StuW - December 29, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Angrboda - December 29, 2013 at 4:04 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Rev. Rye - December 29, 2013 at 5:57 pm
RE: Mental illness - by bennyboy - December 29, 2013 at 7:23 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Rev. Rye - December 29, 2013 at 7:34 pm
RE: Mental illness - by bennyboy - December 29, 2013 at 7:58 pm
RE: Mental illness - by c172 - December 29, 2013 at 7:43 pm
RE: Mental illness - by Mudhammam - January 12, 2014 at 3:01 am
RE: Mental illness - by Jackalope - January 12, 2014 at 5:02 am

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