... " which makes people believe that this illness is a multiple personality disorder, but it is really referring to the split from reality. While there is still a stigma attached to this illness, public awareness and support is critical to help people with ... things that aren't real. The person may believe that they are real. He or she may believe that someone is trying to hurt them or their family. This makes it hard to trust people. Paranoid Schizophrenics prefer to be alone. A symptom of this illness is auditory hallucinations. This means that they ... of their illness helps them to un...

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... . BODY According to Scientific American, "Schizophrenia is psychiatric disorder in which previously normal cognitive abilities and behaviors become disturbed. Schizophrenia is not having multiple personalities, it is not having split personalities, it is not caused by childhood trauma, it is not caused by bad parenting, it is not caused by poverty, and it is not the result of any action ... or personal failure by the individual. In fact, schizophrenics are split off from reality, which in simplified terms mean that, schizophrenics cannot distinguish what is real and what is not real. Alt...

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