Could somebody explain me what's in a schizophrenic person mind?

Question

How do they "think"?

Answer 1

first of all a schizophrenic is never on his own always has someone to talk to i suffer with this "illness" i don't know whats in my own mind half the time medication keeps me "sain" i tend to have thoughts of people wanting to hurt me or me hurt them first i never would do but the thoughts are there have you ever just woke up annoyed at everything and you don't know why well that's how i feel it also brings on depression people say look in books why would you want to look and read something about schizophrenia by some one who never suffered from it our minds are a tool to use i just use more of mine

Answer 2

I know that schizophrenics can't tell apart reality and their imaginations. That's the best way I understand to explain it. Watch the movie "A Beautiful Mind"....it may help you understand more. My bf's uncle is schizo., and he's run out of medication and has "episodes" where he curses everyone, tears up clothes and tissue and puts them all over the street....those are minor things, he's done bad stuff and I think they do that b/c some sort of voice in their head tells them too. It's possible they imagine a person telling them to do things, when this person doesn't even exist, but they think they're real. If you haven't seen that movie, rent it. It's a true story, and I think it's an excellent movie.

Answer 3

it is a break or split in the personality not multiple personalities. This can be marked by audio and/visual hallucinations, delusions, delusions of grandeur, blocked thoughts, thought influencing, disrupted thoughts, paranoia , disorganization of speech etc. It effects mostly men with it beginning in their early 20's. They also tend to be very intelligent. This in many circles is considered a medical issue not psychological for the brain is extremely effected by this disorder.. Talk therapy is not enough and neither is just drug intervention. In order to successfully treat a person with this disorder they must have intense counseling and be vigilant while taking their medication. The talk therapy is good to educate them on the disease and help them sort out fact from fiction because it is extremely difficult for them to distinguish. They dont see ghosts but real live images and/or hear real normal voices, not whispers or subtle remarks. Schizophrenics can be very dangerous if they do not resist the hallucinations or adequately deal with their paranoia. Watch "A Beautiful MInd" or read the book.. It is very good.

Answer 4

your forgetting that theres more than one type of schizophrenia and depending on the type of schizophrenia there could be different things going on in the persons mind the most clssi symptoms of schizophrenia are :-

hallucinations (visual and auditory) , delusions (these are generally false beliefs), paranoid delusions(they beleive they are being persecuted or conspired against), delusions of grandure (feeling of being better than they really are and everyone else) and bizzare delusions which are any other delusions that do not fit in to the above catagory

they could also be sound of mind inside but have a difficulty in getting out the words they wish to speak, for example they may wish to say something like "i want an ice lolly" but when it comes to actually communicating this it may come out as "lolly wants an ice"


hope that helps!

Answer 5

well they are pretty much delusional most of the time when they're stressed, usually in their early twenties during college is when it acts up.

the nerve endings in their brain are also whacked out, unlike a normal person who's are perfectly arranged so that we think normally.

there are many types of schitzophrenics, some include hearing voices, some may think that there are people after them which is appropriately called "paranoid schitzophrenia", and some where they just go ridged or absolutely limp after a traumatic event and either come out of it in time, or stay that way for the rest of their life.

just think of it as a horrible disability...


btw maggie3 i think you're talking about obsesive compusive disorder which is completely different

Answer 6

I imagine it's something like a monochrome maze for them, a maze where they hit the wall all the time and anyplace they turn is yet another wall...but they miss the openings because everything looks the same color.

I don't know coz I don't have that disorder, but that's what I figure by reading about it, observing people who do have it, and learning in school.

Answer 7

I had an ex- brother-in-law once, with this affliction. He couldn't stop talking about his cigarette lighter. I think they get stuck on one thing and can't get away from it. Also they think the most bizarre things.
I went to a wake for the mom of one of my oldest friends, and she (my friend) had been treated for many things over the years and when I went up to her to tell her sorry about her mom, she just kept telling me how cute I looked. I felt so bad for her. They just aren't in our reality.

Answer 8

Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms
They take things literally, have aphasia (word salad) type symptoms, "thought disorders", answer questions that have no "tangibility' to each other...
Go to APA online.

Answer 9

With schizophrenia the brains skill to comprehend and interpret is disrupted. regularly the common concepts that are in someones concepts are perceived as coming from someone/some position else.

Answer 10

it is hard to generalize on how a schitzo thinks. it is based on what his fears are, what his dislikes and likes are, and what experiences have deeply affected them. you have paranoinoid schitzos, you have delusional schitzos, you have to know an individual schitzos life story to even begin to know what the illness feeds on in order to have a clue how an individuals will react to a paticular situation.basically, schitzos are totally unpredictable.