Psychology in Fight Club

Cary Williams

Fentress

watching in on these acts.PSYCH 1101

April 20, 2006

Psychology in Fight Club

Insomnia is one disorder where a person is unable to sleep for long periods of time. This disorder can be directly related to stress. Many doctors who treat insomnia patients lead the number one cause to high levels of stress through out the day. Another disorder throughout the movie is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia literally means "split mind". People that suffer from this disorder do not have a split personality but actually take themselves out of reality and put themselves into a disorganized world. This disease of the brain is shown in symptoms of the mind.

The lead actor displays symptoms of insomnia in the very beginning of the movie. Like many patients that suffer from insomnia try to receive help by taking prescription drugs. He displays acts of insomnia when the camera gives an aerial shot of him in his bed tossing and turning. After visiting the doctor he is told to visit helps sessions that in turn helps him to relief the stress causing him to stay awake. As the movie rolls on you can start to see schizophrenia come out in the character. He displays certain characteristics because you can see quick flashes of his hallucinations, Tyler. Even further along you can see what he is beginning to see what he wants to see in himself. Although he believes the other person is real it is actually him doing what he sees his hallucination. He does not find out till the end that it is he doing these obscene acts, but instead he believes he is following Tyler and only