Posted by JamieHanson on may 7th, 2011 at 12:00am
People suffering from Schizophrenia are mentally sick which affects their ability to perform their daily activities perfectly in society. Schizophrenia is generally a scary psychic problem that takes the sufferers from the actual world to a world of distressing misconception, hallucination, risk and so on. the symptoms of Schizophrenia can be classified into two types, positive symptoms and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms of Schizophrenia consist of disorder in thinking ability, hallucinations, delusions and immobility that come and go. Negative symptoms of Schizophrenia consist of uncommon conduct for example bare looks, unhappiness, crazy behavior, intense voice, bad eating habits, deficiency of concentration and low performance level. Some of these symptoms may be visible constantly. Listed below are few common symptoms of Schizophrenia.
1. Hallucinations: this is the most typical symptom that the affected individual goes through caused by this mental disorder. the sufferer can feel, touch, hear, smell and see all those things which actually don’t exist. Because the brains receptive nerves get lazy, it responds to wrong sensory feedback and thus the person suffers from these kinds of fictional issues. Further there are 4 types of hallucinations, that are, Auditory hallucination, Olfactory hallucination, Tactile hallucination and Visual hallucination. Person suffering from tactile hallucination believes that a few fictional hands are touching him/her or perhaps a few insects are creeping all over his/her body. While in case of auditory hallucination, the patient can hear and communicate to a non existent personality. He/she can even hear his/her inner voice. Olfactory hallucination influences the person on his/her sense of smell whereas person suffering from visual hallucination can find things that are not existent, for e.g. fictional family members or friends with whom he/she speaks or spends time.2. Imprecise thoughts: Imprecise thoughts do not allow the patient to carry out his daily activities in an orderly manner. Plus, he/she is not able to present himself/herself or speak appropriately. Thus, it not only hinders the patient’s daily tasks but also create a wrong image in the society.3. Sudden moods changes: In such a case, the patient either can feel really pleased or really sad. Thus, this person is unable to maintain a good image in public due to his or her unpredictable behavior.4. Illusions and delusions: the patient follows the illusions which are actually unreal. a person suffering from delusion believes all the delusions whether or not its true or false.for instance, a patient suffering from Schizophrenia is actually poor and not well known and everyone around know this. but the patient believes other way round and acts like one of the celebrities or a well-known character. Or suppose, the sufferer feels that he is spied by some unknown forces around him/her.5. Confusion: Individuals suffering from Schizophrenia are usually perplexed and unconfident. the person feels frightened about some kind of imaginary danger approaching him or her.
So, a person suffering from any such symptoms should be instantly hurried to a medical doctor for quick support. the person suffering from Schizophrenia should be treated immediately since it may lead him to critical conditions.
Know more about schizophrenia symptoms and also know what is bipolar disorder at schizophrenia-symptoms.org
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