Do you sometimes feel delusional? Do you say to yourself, "I must be hallucinating?" Well, these are just a few symptoms of schizophrenia. Do you know what schizophrenia is? If your answer is no, then now is the time to pay attention. I begin to gain interest in schizophrenia when it was first introduced to me in my Health and Safety class, during my sophomore year in high school. Today, I am going to explain to you what schizophrenia is, the major symptoms, and the expectations for those who have schizophrenia.
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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. Although, the cause of schizophrenia has not yet been identified, recent research suggests that schizophrenia is linked to abnormalities of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin. Now, that you know what schizophrenia is, let us gaze at the three basic types of schizophrenia. .
According to Neuroscience for Kids, "All symptoms associated with schizophrenia falls under disorganized, catatonic, or paranoid schizophrenia. Disorganized schizophrenia can be characterized by lack of emotion and disorganized speech. Disorganized thinking and speech includes abnormal thoughts, very little speaking, and disjointed speech, sometimes the person will change the topic in the middle of the sentence. Negative Symptoms include social withdrawal, absence of emotion and expression, reduced energy, motivation and activities, sometimes schizophrenics have poor hygiene and grooming habits.
