Herschel Walker Breaking Free Summary
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Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder in which people interpret reality in a way that is abnormal. This inaccurate interpretation of reality can distort the way a person expresses their emotions, thinks, acts, and communicates to others. This can take a severe toll on their daily lives raising their risk for developing problems when dealing with work, relationships, and school. There are many different types and degrees of severity of schizophrenia. Some people will only experience one psychotic episode in their entire lifetime, while others can have episodes on a much more frequent basis. The types of schizophrenia can range from paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual schizophrenia.
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He played college football for the University of Georgia earning the consensus All-American honors three times. Walker claims his life went off the tracks shortly after his football career ended. Walker said to CNN, "My life was out of control. I was not happy, I was very sad, I was angry and I didn't understand why." In his autobiography Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder, he talks about his different alters in terms of their positions. He has the Hero, the Enforcer, the Consoler, the Warrior, and the Daredevil. Not all the personalities impacted Walker negatively, but some did cause violent and erratic behavior. "Walker said a competitive alter caused him to be a danger to himself, playing Russian roulette more than once. In the book, he describes another incident, the very late delivery of a car, that made him so angry he had thoughts of killing someone” (CNN). After Walker’s diagnosis, his life took a bad turn and Walker held guns to her [his wife] head, threatened her with a straight razor and threatened to kill her (Grossman). Walker does not remember these events but also does not deny their occurrence either. He could be facing a case of paranoia. Blackouts are also a prominent symptom of dissociative identity disorder.
Walker, after receiving 10 years of therapy for DID, his condition has improved, and he has re-gained his self-confidence. Walker’s mental illness did not prevent him from providing countless hours of entertainment to America’s sports fans and being an icon for courageous
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder in which people interpret reality in a way that is abnormal. This inaccurate interpretation of reality can distort the way a person expresses their emotions, thinks, acts, and communicates to others. This can take a severe toll on their daily lives raising their risk for developing problems when dealing with work, relationships, and school. There are many different types and degrees of severity of schizophrenia. Some people will only experience one psychotic episode in their entire lifetime, while others can have episodes on a much more frequent basis. The types of schizophrenia can range from paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual schizophrenia.
Dissociative …show more content…
He played college football for the University of Georgia earning the consensus All-American honors three times. Walker claims his life went off the tracks shortly after his football career ended. Walker said to CNN, "My life was out of control. I was not happy, I was very sad, I was angry and I didn't understand why." In his autobiography Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder, he talks about his different alters in terms of their positions. He has the Hero, the Enforcer, the Consoler, the Warrior, and the Daredevil. Not all the personalities impacted Walker negatively, but some did cause violent and erratic behavior. "Walker said a competitive alter caused him to be a danger to himself, playing Russian roulette more than once. In the book, he describes another incident, the very late delivery of a car, that made him so angry he had thoughts of killing someone” (CNN). After Walker’s diagnosis, his life took a bad turn and Walker held guns to her [his wife] head, threatened her with a straight razor and threatened to kill her (Grossman). Walker does not remember these events but also does not deny their occurrence either. He could be facing a case of paranoia. Blackouts are also a prominent symptom of dissociative identity disorder.
Walker, after receiving 10 years of therapy for DID, his condition has improved, and he has re-gained his self-confidence. Walker’s mental illness did not prevent him from providing countless hours of entertainment to America’s sports fans and being an icon for courageous