Schizophrenia: Heather

Heather shows disordered unorganized thoughts in her conversations. The odd facial expressions she displays when she speaks is a side effect of the antipsychotic medication she is on. While some antipsychotic meds do not produce such side effects, not all schizophrenics response well to such medication.

Why keep...

What do...

Do you realize that I have a
monopoly over the coffee
industry?

Okay, so that's the
problem, isn't it?

That's the complaint, right?

Well, uh, I have kryptonite in
me.

You know what that is, don't
you? Kryptonite?

And, uh...

To arrive krypton, I mean, I
drink coffee and soda.

And no one else knows what to
eat.

I mean, do you live on raw eggs?

Do you live on raw eggs?
Do you eat raw eggs?

When I was pregnant, I think
boys get paid,

and he goes, don't.
Yeah, that's true.

But I ate raw eggs.

But, ah, do you eat raw eggs?

What do you eat and drink?

What's the-- Is that the
problem, big problem?

Do you know what to keep you
sane by?

Is that a complaint?

No?

Okay.

My daughter now is in a state
hospital.

We, like most families, have run
out of funds after years of

seeking help in all the private facilities,

and there certainly is a
vast difference between the

private facility and the state hospital.

These are not hospitals.

These are institutions, some of
them very much like prisons.

When it comes time to take her
back to the hospital,

ah, she's, you know, reluctant
to go back.

And then I say to myself, "Is it
possible...

Is it possible that I could keep
her home?"

No. And, then I...

You want to go to Hornox shopping?

Do you want to go
Hornox shopping?

What kind of shopping, Heather?

..Hornox shopping.

What is that?

What are you deaf?
I don't know...

Oh, Heather. I... Is it a soap?

Huh?
Is Hornox a soap?

Hornox.. is a soap, yeah.

Oh, and you want to go... You want to buy some?

Yeah.

Is it a special kind of a
soap?
Mmm hmmm.

Oh, we'll stop on the way.

Do you want to stop and get them
when we go back?

We're not going back.

Heather, we have to go back. You
know that.

I like my .. Well, what in...

I do nothing.
Believe me.

I do nothing. Okay?

You mean you do nothing where,
Heather?

Here.
I do nothing.

I don't care.
I do nothing.

Well, Heather, we're
going to have to go back.

You know that.

Yeah, I know that.

Well, we don't have
to go back right away.

But, you're not rough with me.

Wait 'til they come here
with the straight jacket, okay?

No, Heather.
They're not going to do that.

If they don't do that, I
don't have to go back.

Mrs. Delotia, Mrs. Barnes
told me in the morning

that I am not welcoming
back.

She said, "We ain't comin'
after ya." They said that!

Well, they shouldn't
come after you.

We're not going to have them...

I do nothing, and that's what I
wanna do.

Nothing.
I know, Heather.

But we do have to go back so
that you can come here again

and stay longer and stay
overnight.

You know that, Heather.

We're gonna have to leave, and
then you'll come home again,
Heather.

Why not go to Washington?

We're just waiting
for the paperwork.

Did you ever have a complex?

A president of the
United States come.

That means you're retarded.

You know. I'm retarded.

We know...

I'm retarded. Right?

I'm an idiot, a moron.

You're not, Heather.

You're none of those things,
Heather.

I'm a boss.
I'm a boss.

I'm an orderer, a dictator. You know?

You're not retarded, Heather. Don't... Do I... Could you ..

We have to go back to Manhattan today?

Where do you live in Manhattan?

Central Park West.

Central Park.

Near the ....

Yeah.
Yeah.

(laughs)

Did ya ever wear a dress?
No?

Katie Bell was a ... of mine.

This is...

Boys with dresses.