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My best friend, whom I've known since I was about 5 years young, found out that he's been a schitzophrenic when he was 21. I didn't know this until now, but I've known he's had some issues in his life. He's attempted to kill himself a number of times, but he's at least reached out for help and has been a different person since his diagnosis and taking his medications.
And he's a crazy MMA fighter. He's one of the reasons why no one would mess with me very much in school. I didn't have to fight if someone got in my face, he'd throw them before things got out of hand. He got suspended a lot for it, too.
My best friend, whom I've known since I was about 5 years young, found out that he's been a schitzophrenic when he was 21. I didn't know this until now, but I've known he's had some issues in his life. He's attempted to kill himself a number of times, but he's at least reached out for help and has been a different person since his diagnosis and taking his medications.
And he's a crazy MMA fighter. He's one of the reasons why no one would mess with me very much in school. I didn't have to fight if someone got in my face, he'd throw them before things got out of hand. He got suspended a lot for it, too.
This is from a list of 12 common symptoms of schizophrenia. I post it not to suggest your friend really isn't schizophrenic but to illustrate how close to the border we all can walk occasionally.
--A blank, vacant facial expression. An inability to smile or express emotion through the face is so characteristic of the disease that it was given the name of affective flattening or a blunt affect.
--Overly acute senses- lights are too bright, sounds are too loud.
--Staring, while in deep thought, with infrequent blinking.
--Clumsy, inexact motor skills
--Sleep disturbances- insomnia or excessive sleeping
--Involuntary movements of the tongue or mouth (facial dyskinesias). Grimacing at the corners of the mouth with the facial muscles, or odd movements with the tongue.
--Parkinsonian type symptoms- rigidity, tremor, jerking arm movements, or involuntary movements of the limbs
--An awkward gait (how you walk)
--Eye movements- difficulty focusing on slow moving objects
--Unusual gestures or postures
--Movement is speeded up- i.e. constant pacing
--Movement is slowed down- staying in bed (in extreme cases, catatonia)
I have been guilty of #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 at one time or another - 75% of the list! But those symptoms all have a "rational" explanation.
...at least to me. And to me. And me.
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My best friend, whom I've known since I was about 5 years young, found out that he's been a schitzophrenic when he was 21. I didn't know this until now, but I've known he's had some issues in his life. He's attempted to kill himself a number of times, but he's at least reached out for help and has been a different person since his diagnosis and taking his medications.
And he's a crazy MMA fighter. He's one of the reasons why no one would mess with me very much in school. I didn't have to fight if someone got in my face, he'd throw them before things got out of hand. He got suspended a lot for it, too.
My uncle was and my family was in total denial and I could see many signs then, at the age of 32, after a number of disturbing things, he lay down on a railroad track and let a train run over him.
This is from a list of 12 common symptoms of schizophrenia. I post it not to suggest your friend really isn't schizophrenic but to illustrate how close to the border we all can walk occasionally.
--A blank, vacant facial expression. An inability to smile or express emotion through the face is so characteristic of the disease that it was given the name of affective flattening or a blunt affect.
--Overly acute senses- lights are too bright, sounds are too loud.
--Staring, while in deep thought, with infrequent blinking.
--Clumsy, inexact motor skills
--Sleep disturbances- insomnia or excessive sleeping
--Involuntary movements of the tongue or mouth (facial dyskinesias). Grimacing at the corners of the mouth with the facial muscles, or odd movements with the tongue.
--Parkinsonian type symptoms- rigidity, tremor, jerking arm movements, or involuntary movements of the limbs
--An awkward gait (how you walk)
--Eye movements- difficulty focusing on slow moving objects
--Unusual gestures or postures
--Movement is speeded up- i.e. constant pacing
--Movement is slowed down- staying in bed (in extreme cases, catatonia)
I have been guilty of #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 at one time or another - 75% of the list! But those symptoms all have a "rational" explanation.
...at least to me. And to me. And me.
Reminds me of this:
Please listen carefully, for the selections have changed:
If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly,
If you are co-dependent, please ask someone else to press 2.
If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5, & 6
If you are a paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want. Just stay on the line so we can trace your call.
If you are schizophrenic, you will either hear a voice tell you which number to press.
If you are manic-depressive and in the down phase, it doesn't matter which number you press, we wi11 not answer, and if we do, we would not able to help you-and we charge an arm and a leg. if you are in the upper phase, then everything is fine and you don't need help (yet)-nor do we need our counselor listening to your endless chatter.
If you are paranoid-schizophrenic, watch out! The thing you are holding on the side of your head has just woke-up, and it is about to bite you head off.
If you are merely a neurotic mess or borderline, you have already pushed everybody's buttons.
This is from a list of 12 common symptoms of schizophrenia. I post it not to suggest your friend really isn't schizophrenic but to illustrate how close to the border we all can walk occasionally.
--A blank, vacant facial expression. An inability to smile or express emotion through the face is so characteristic of the disease that it was given the name of affective flattening or a blunt affect.
--Overly acute senses- lights are too bright, sounds are too loud.
--Staring, while in deep thought, with infrequent blinking.
--Clumsy, inexact motor skills
--Sleep disturbances- insomnia or excessive sleeping
--Involuntary movements of the tongue or mouth (facial dyskinesias). Grimacing at the corners of the mouth with the facial muscles, or odd movements with the tongue.
--Parkinsonian type symptoms- rigidity, tremor, jerking arm movements, or involuntary movements of the limbs
--An awkward gait (how you walk)
--Eye movements- difficulty focusing on slow moving objects
--Unusual gestures or postures
--Movement is speeded up- i.e. constant pacing
--Movement is slowed down- staying in bed (in extreme cases, catatonia)
I have been guilty of #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 at one time or another - 75% of the list! But those symptoms all have a "rational" explanation.
...at least to me. And to me. And me.
He suffered from many of those, now that I think about it, but he had this problem since he was 5, and a few of those were more than obvious than others. I didn't know he was schitzo, but I never thought about doing research on it or had any thoughts about it either.
The crazy thing about it though was he could go a week or more without sleep. I didn't know what to think about that, I just thought he was just an insomniac, but I had no idea he had a more serious disease.
I only discuss politics & religion with certain people- those who realize my way is the right way.
Kidding- the second part of the sentence is why I don't discuss politics or religion with just anyone because too many of them honestly believe their way is the only way.
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