schizophrenia

[steamer]

Schizophrenia is characterized by profound disruption in cognition and emotion, affecting the most fundamental human attributes: language, thought, perception, affect, and sense of self. The array of symptoms, while wide ranging, frequently includes psychotic manifestations, such as hearing internal voices or experiencing other sensations not connected to an obvious source (hallucinations) and assigning unusual significance or meaning to normal events or holding fixed false personal beliefs (delusions). No single symptom is definitive for diagnosis; rather, the diagnosis encompasses a pattern of signs and symptoms, in conjunction with impaired occupational or social functioning

Delusions are firmly held erroneous beliefs due to distortions or exaggerations of reasoning and/or misinterpretations of perceptions or experiences. Delusions of being followed or watched are common, as are beliefs that comments, radio or TV programs, etc., are directing special messages directly to him/her.



Anyone know of any people like this?

[Archimedes]

John Nash, the mathematician whose life the movie A Beautiful Mind is based on?

From real life, a friend of mine knew a mild schizophrenic who would occasionally think that old newspapers were money, and then became very distressed when people told him he couldn't pay with them.

[steamer]

I was thinking if you replaced the word Schizophrenia with religious belief it becomes sort of eerily acurate. I ran accross this while trying to find out what kind of adults most often have imaginary friends.

This is a non-theist area, but there is a limit to what we allow. I am extremely disappointed in you, and if you cross this line again, expect serious consequences. If you do not like theism, leave this website.

[Archimedes]

Schizophrenia is a real medical condition caused by chemical imbalance of the brain. To compare this to religious belief is a bit insulting to schizophrenics struggling with their illness.

[Jake]

Anyone know of any people like this?

My uncle was a severe schizophrenic. Other members of my family are devout Christians. Trust me, they are not even remotely the same. This sort of thing is in very bad taste.

[coolguy247365]

Schizophrenia is characterized by profound disruption in cognition and emotion, affecting the most fundamental human attributes: language, thought, perception, affect, and sense of self. The array of symptoms, while wide ranging, frequently includes psychotic manifestations, such as hearing internal voices or experiencing other sensations not connected to an obvious source (hallucinations) and assigning unusual significance or meaning to normal events or holding fixed false personal beliefs (delusions). No single symptom is definitive for diagnosis; rather, the diagnosis encompasses a pattern of signs and symptoms, in conjunction with impaired occupational or social functioning

Delusions are firmly held erroneous beliefs due to distortions or exaggerations of reasoning and/or misinterpretations of perceptions or experiences. Delusions of being followed or watched are common, as are beliefs that comments, radio or TV programs, etc., are directing special messages directly to him/her.



Anyone know of any people like this?Of course! They're called atheists. They tend to believe there is no God despite the obivousness of His existence.

We do not allow theists to post here.

[Sacrificial Ram]

My uncle was a severe schizophrenic. Other members of my family are devout Christians. Trust me, they are not even remotely the same. This sort of thing is in very bad taste.

While they are different, often, hyper-religiousness (as opposed to being quite devote) can be caused by schizophrenia. Some forms of eplispsy can trigger
hyper religious experiances.

[Jake]

While they are different, often, hyper-religiousness (as opposed to being quite devote) can be caused by schizophrenia. Some forms of eplispsy can trigger
hyper religious experiances.

This is true. However, it doesnt do to paint all believers with the same (mentally ill) brush. Unfortunately I have lost all sense of humour concerning schizophrenia. Wont see me myself and Irene, even though its supposed to be quite funny.

[zorathruster]

There are true illnesses that can be treated. Basic desires of humans are different from illnesses. Humans desire to socialize. Humans desire to survive. Humans enjoy singing and communing. Humans desire to gossip. Humans desire the recognition of other humans. Humans desire to belong to an exclusive group. Humans feel guilty about their own transgressions and foibles.

Religion incorporates a collective effort to deal with these and other desires of human beings. I think it is more of a comment that there are no other avenues where humans can address these desires collectively as easily as they can by attending church. :ale: