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Undeniably Crazy
A movie of one man’s journey through the mental health system during a 10 month period of psychosis
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The meaning of this film is to showcase what life is like in a psych ward, and what life can be like for many mental health patients that have to spend large chunks of time in and out of psych wards as part of their daily struggle. During a span of five years the main character, Will, spent a good chunk of his life in and out of psych wards. He wound up with a feeling as though those 5 years had been wasted even though he had been through quite a lot. In his time navigating over 10 different hospitals and in-unit care facilities, Will met people that truly impacted his life; he had experiences and encounters that were an insight to just how much really went on in his life. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to explain just how much a mental patient goes through because of how taboo the subject matter tends to be. Not often can a patient or ex-patients speak openly about the time they spent in the psych ward to others. However, as Will experiences to this day, after being admitted 12 times in five years, being in and out of hospitals is a large part of his life. This movie is an attempt to shed light on Will’s life and hopefully open up the dialogue that, perhaps, many other people suffering from mental illness share as hospitalization can be an empowering tool to recovery as we, mental patients, tend to laugh, learn, enjoy, explore, suffer, engage, repent, and rework our lives in psych wards. We spend countless hours reflecting on our time institutionalized and meet people, both doctors, nurses, social workers, and patients, that will change our lives for good and can be quite memorable. Hopefully, this movie of my story will tear down the walls blocking people like me from being able to know full well that their time while hospitalized was not time wasted; they have been through a lot and have grown quite a bit. Hopefully, sharing this story will welcome many stories like mine, as I know, there are many out there that are wondering how to talk about a life that is so clearly stigmatized such that there is hardly any wanted dialogue around something that is unique and so much a part of them.



