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by Aryella on December 23rd, 2004

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What are the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia? If you think someone may have it, how do you encourage them to get help?

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  • by frankied on March 20th, 2005

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    I have experience working with schitzophrenia, and I have studied it, and can give you symptoms, but I don't entirely subscribe to the medical definitions.

    Consider that we don't really have a brain, but we have two - the right and left hemispheres. Oddly enough, these two brains have decidedly different functions, and other than communication through the Grand Mal, operate quite independently. One side only describes to the other side what it just saw, and the other side responds back with what it just heard.

    After long-term observation of a most definite schitzophrenic, committed to a facility, I felt that I was literally having conversations with very different people. This person was confined to a wheelchair, and possessed what I would identify as an inspired personality, a childish personality, and an aggressive personality. These personalities were so acute that a conversation with him was often a conference call.

    Over time, I learned that the aggressive personality was always associated with the necessity to have a bowel movement - this personality having developed from being lifelong in a wheelchair. I don't believe this individual possessed the intelligence to have so sharply developed behaviors as a result of one consciousness.

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    • sorry, schizophrenia is NOT multiple personality, and most have high IQs

      LynfromNM

      by LynfromNM on January 27th, 2006

    • I would second that. Schizophrenia is an organic brain disease and can be associated with high intelligence. True MPD has yet to be conclusively proven but is not, as it used to be referred to, schizophrenia.

      Gideon

      by Gideon on August 15th, 2007

    • I think this answer is somewhat bizarre and inaccurate.

      Carmella

      by Carmella on August 15th, 2007

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