Schizophrenia is sometimes called, wrongly, split personality.
A question often asked is are there different types of Schizophrenia? Indeed there are.
5 different types.
They are as follows; 1.
Disorganized Schizophrenia.
Here we find disorganized behaviour and speech.
Flat or inappropriate effect is also apparent.
2.
Catatonic Schizophrenia.
This type of Schizophrenia can make the poor sufferer most unpopular, because one of the symptoms may be repeating what others say or do.
I'm sure we've all had the experience of a small child 'aping' us and what we say or the way we move.
When an adult starts to do it, it's a great deal worse.
They may also suffer difficulty or resistance to moving, excessive or peculiar movements.
3.
Paranoid Schizophrenia.
Basically, it's very difficult to interact with this person, because they're so involved with various auditory hallucinations.
4.
Undifferentiated Schizophrenia.
Now, two or more of the following will show that you are likely to be from suffering this type.
Hallucinations.
Delusions, negative symptoms or catatonic behaviour.
5.
Residual Schizophrenia.
Here the symptoms just mentioned for other forms of Schizophrenia are absent, although the sufferer still suffers from withdrawals and a decrease in function, together with a reluctance to speak.
It's thought that 1% of the population suffer from this most unpleasant condition generally, which translates into about 2,000,000 people.
It's a most complex disorder and even the top psychiatrists don't really know what causes it.
My only experience of Schizophrenia was during what turned out to be, most thankfully, my last stay in a psych ward for alcoholism.
I was chatting to this little chap one afternoon, and he was proving to be a very pleasant companion.
All of a sudden, however, he turned on me and called me all the names under the sun.
This was a men only ward and all the nurses were men.
All highly intelligent.
Two of them came rushing over and gently led this little bloke away.
When they came back down again, I apologized to them, but assured them I'd said nothing amiss.
They explained to me that I had nothing to blame myself about, that he was a Schizophrenic and would just 'pop off' for absolutely no reason at all.
He was never violent, just extremely unpleasant when the mood took him.
People with this condition may well have problems working, making and/or keeping friends.
Depression, anxiety and even thoughts of suicide may assail them.
Let's have a look at how it starts first of all.
You may begin to feel irritable and tense, have difficulty sleeping and concentrating.
In another article, we'll have a look at the progression of the disorder.