Alice In Wonderland Mental Illness

Madness and mental illness is one of the most common themes used in literature. Many literary pieces, both modern and classic, had been focused on this topic, whether to discuss a social issue, or to criticize a political problem in certain society, or even just to discuss the mental state of some protagonist or a character. To mention some of these literary pieces, there are Catch-22, Heart of Darkness, Sophie’s Choice, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and many other great, unforgettable literary pieces.

You might be wondering why I am displaying these Alice in Wonderland cartoon images to you. But before that, can I have a show of hands of those who remember the various significant events that took place in that movie? So, today I will be explaining to you about a very special yet interesting medical condition that you most probably have not heard of. As these images suggest, the name of this medical condition is called the Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. I will briefly describe the symptoms, causes and diagnosis of this truly odd medical condition.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland provides a foil to the strict standard that was set upon the mentally and physically impaired in Victorian times. Carroll is constantly setting critique upon critique upon the Victorian mindset of mental illness. He also demonstrated the restrictions the Victorian disabled faced everyday within the political and social spheres in place through the physicality of Alice’s body and impact of the environment around her. In the story, madness is seen as positive and liberation for the person to do what they pleased to do. In Wonderland, the mind’s horizon can significantly broaden without the constraint of the social norms that threatened to force them in an institution should deviant what should be expected of them.

The cognitive explanation acknowledges the role of biological factors in schizophrenia, suggesting that the basis of the condition is abnormal brain activity producing visual and auditory hallucinations. Further features of the disorder emerge as people try to make sense of the hallucinations.

Mental illness is any ailment or condition that impacts the way a man considers, feels, carries on, and/or identifies with others and to his or her environment. In spite of the fact that the indications of emotional sickness can extend from mellow to extreme and are distinctive relying upon the kind of dysfunctional behavior, a man with an untreated maladjustment regularly can't adapt to life's everyday schedules and requests. Dysfunctional behavior alludes to an extensive variety of psychological well-being conditions that influence your state of mind, deduction, and conduct. The case of emotional instability incorporates depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, dietary issues and addictive practices. Be that as it may, an emotional well-being concern turns into a dysfunctional behavior when progressing signs and side effects cause regular stretch and influence your capacity to work, a prime example of symptoms shown by Asante's mother, Amina throughout the course of this novel.

The mentally ill have not been allowed basic human rights in most of history. The methods of treatment in the early ages ranged from drilling their skulls to exorcisms. They were usually left to their family’s care and were hidden, abused, restrained, and even abandoned. They were isolated and treated as if they had done something wrong when nothing was their fault. Even today, the mentally ill are ridiculed and not given proper treatment whether it be in asylums, prison, and even general society. There is no excuse for this mistreatment of the mentally ill, but there might be an explanation.

Mental Illness in Of Mice and Men and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

People with mental issues, diseases, and handicaps are usually ignored by the general population as a whole. They are not treated on the same level as other human beings, they are sometimes treated like they are fragile, glass figurines, or worse, they are ignored altogether. Many see them as unstable, ticking time bombs and try to fix every detail in their lives to avoid the awkward looks and silence which occurs when accompanying someone who is different. In John Steinbeck’s, "Of Mice and Men," Steinbeck gives numerous examples of this growing problem.

“Winnie the Pooh, Willy nilly silly old bear,” A familiar quote by A.A Milne. Alan Alexander was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie the Pooh and for various children’s poems. “Sometimes, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart,” A.A Milne. Alan work The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was written for children but also relates to mental disorders through the characters.

Also, these things try to convince the person that hears them to do things. Hamlet hears and sees his father while Gertrude cannot. To repeat, people who struggle with this mental disorder see and hear things that no one else can. This is only one symptom that comes with being a schizophrenic, but it is one that can drive people absolutely crazy. The article by Kathleen Smith was all about the symptoms of schizophrenia, how to be diagnosed, and what are the treatments. In this article it will declare hallucinations as a positive symptom, although this might seem damaging to how it makes Hamlet mad, it simply means that it does not get rid of any motor or speech skills. “Hallucinations are defined as experiences and sensations that are not comprehensible to others. To the person experiencing them, however, they may seem real, urgent, and vivid. Roughly 70% of people with schizophrenia will experience hallucinations.” (Smith). Hamlet experiences sensations that his mother cannot comprehend what he

Mental disorders have been present in literature ever since writing for pleasure/entertainment first emerged. Stories of kings going crazy of their power, fairy tales depicting cannibalism, and even lovers ending their own lives together. Hamlet is a fantastic example of mental illness in classic literature; carefully depicting the seemingly mad Hamlet avenging his father's murder, Shakespeare carefully and subtly tells the story in a way as to leave the reader to decide whether Hamlet is truly mad. An example of mental illness in modern Literature could be The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. The novel tells the story of Esther Greenwood struggling through depression and exploration of her sexuality.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Mysophobia Presented in the Media This paper will address media perception of mental illness in comparison with what is actually known and symptoms associated medically with mental illness. The mental illnesses that will be discussed in greater detail will be obsessive compulsive disorder and an anxiety disorder associated with obsessive compulsive disorder, mysphobia. The piece of media used for comparison is the movie The Aviator released in December of 2004. This movie portrays a thirty year portion of Howard Hughes’s life.

Just after Alice opened the Duchess’ house door, a large plate came skimming out. Also, when she went to the Queen’s court, any mistake will result to the Queen ordering a beheading (Carroll, 1865). In comparison, the Victorian era is characterized by extreme violence due to the many cases of murder (Millikan, 2011). Second, Wonderland’s justice system is in disarray, “’No, no!’ said the Queen. ‘Sentence first—verdict afterwards’” (Carroll, 1865, p. 102). In addition, the Queen planned to sentence the one who stole the tarts to death. In a similar way, the Victorian society had the same punishment for any form of theft, may that be a small item like a pen or something expensive like jewelry (Millikan, 2011). Third, Wonderland is filled with people with mental illnesses, “’Oh you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here’” (Carroll, 1865, p. 50).

This syndrome was first recorded in 1955 by a British psychiatrist by the name of John Todd. He named it Alice in Wonderland Syndrome because of the symptoms that the patient's experiences are much like what Alice experienced in the book Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll. It is thought that Lewis Carroll suffered from this neuropsychological condition hence the vivid distortions pictured in his book. Since being discovered in 1955, only 170 case descriptions have been published by doctors, so

These are people whose mental functions is not a hundred percent well and therefore may say disturbing things. With the mental stigmatization being experienced in the country today, mentally disable individuals are hard to disclose their problems. Most of them do not want to talk about their mental problems due to the stigmatization they face in the society. Another challenge is that the number of community-based programs is limited bringing an imbalance between the number of programs and health institutions. This makes the process of recovery slow for the patients and these mentally ill individuals lack access to training and education, accommodation services, and crises intervention programs etc; that are critical in dealing with psychological disorders. Also, there are many regulations that mental counselors are required to adhere to making it difficult to assist these persons with mental