What If

A psychological thriller following psychiatrist Ed Baxter on his journey towards schizophrenia as episodes of hallucinations and paranoia complicate his life. This story is a dual narrative psychological thriller. The first narrative is about Ed Baxter, a psychiatrist who helps all his patients, but is a mess himself. Ed is paranoid about his colleagues, his patients, and his family especially his sister. He hides everything from his wife, Sally, but she finds about all his erratic behavior and helps him but in the end he alienates her too. He suffers from classic case of Paranoid Personality Disorder. He loses his job, is in financial distress and loses his wife. He constantly hallucinates, becomes suicidal and goes on a rampage to kill his wife, his sister and finally kills himself by jumping off a bridge. At this point the narrative shifts to exploring “What-If” Ed got the necessary help and we discover the dark secrets from his childhood that caused him to develop Paranoid Personality Disorder.