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Psychological Disorders In Forrest Gump

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For this report, I chose the movie, Forrest Gump. Throughout the movie, Forrest showed many symptoms for many different disorders. I would now like to touch on a few of these. The first disorder I would diagnose Forrest with would be autism. The number of symptoms Forrest showed for this disorder were greater than those of others. I noticed that Forrest during the beginning of the movie had a hard time recognizing when people would talk to him. He also had a hard time responding to his name. Throughout the movie, Forrest’s lack of facial expression worsened, and he would often talk in a monotone voice, frequently stumbling over and sounding out words. At one point the movie had mentioned his IQ was 75, this being below the normal IQ range. …show more content…

He had a hard time socially with relationships. He had a hard time making and keeping friends. He also suffered academically with IQ, and understanding information. He made it to and through college playing football though he did not understand the game, all he understood was where to run when he was handed the ball. How was everyday life different for the character? Life for Forrest was difficult when it came to social interaction. He had a hard time with body development, especially with women. He had a difficult time understanding sexual relations often refusing such interaction. Though due to his ADHD Forrest had no problem randomly talking to people starting with simply pointing out objects and giving compliments and leading his life story How did the other characters react to the behaviors exhibited by the person suffering from the disorder? The other characters reacted in different ways, his mother thought he was special and often would tell him that he was no different than anyone else. Others thought he was a stupid as a doorknob, and would often reply to him with are you stupid or something? Very few of the characters thought that Forrest as one general stated “A god damn genius!” This statement made by the general I find more or less meant that though he has a low IQ, he sure knows how to take

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