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by Green Goddess on November 11th, 2009
Yes, in a mental hospital.
by Marguerite on November 11th, 2009
Yes, I've know a few schizophrenics in my lifetime, none related to me, thank goodness.
by HungryGuy on November 11th, 2009
You mean there really is a difference?!?!
by fred flintstone on November 11th, 2009
Well apart from the kids under 5 there's all the christians and mohammedans.
by J and B on November 11th, 2009
Yup. Here in California we refer to them as 5150s.
by Brian I on November 11th, 2009
No, even those people I've come across who seemed to live in a fantasy land really knew what was real and what wasn't - they were just trying to live a fantasy.
by PrairieWind on November 11th, 2009
Our political leaders seem to hold those qualities which we consider for what they are.
by - MojoThunder - on November 11th, 2009
my crazy Uncle Harold ... not crazy like put a lampshade on your head at the party, but crazy like trying to kill his nieces because the cat people from outer space had taken over their minds
by Sir yhvhash on November 11th, 2009
Every sane person experiences this. For example, there might be times when you confuse a story you've once heard for a memory in your past. There may have been other times when a dream seemed so real that you had to replay the previouse days events in order to deduce that it was just a dream. The difference between normal and insane, is not one of kind, but of degree. Absolutely no one has an objective sense of reality, the funny thing is, people think that they do, and that others suffer from grave subjectivity.
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by Al_C4071 on September 20th, 2011
Yes, a close friend of mine in College. He was a mathematical genius who now has paranoia schizophrenia. I also have a family member who became schizophrenic at the age of twelve. It is devastating to see that these people were once so wonderful to know. It is truly painful for the families that love them and care for them.
by dumdum on November 11th, 2009
Never known anyone who cannot from time to time. +5
by SoulSearcher on November 11th, 2009
Yep, one of my best friends has an uncle that has lived in an institution most of his life. He is a severe schizophrenic and can't ever live on his own. Real and make believe to him are one in the same. +4
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