Schizoaffective disorder is a serious mental illness that has features of two different conditions, schizophrenia and an affective (mood) disorder, either major depression or bipolar disorder.
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality and relates to others. Depression is an illness that is marked by feelings of sadness, worthlessness or hopelessness, as well as problems concentrating and remembering details. Bipolar disorder is characterized by cycling mood changes, including severe highs (mania) and lows (depression).
Schizoaffective disorder is a life-long illness that can impact all areas of daily living, including work or school, social contacts and relationships. Most people with this illness have periodic episodes, called relapses, when their symptoms surface. While there is no cure for schizoaffective disorder, symptoms often can be controlled with proper treatment.
A person with schizoaffective disorder has severe changes in mood and some of the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thinking. Psychotic symptoms reflect the person's inability to tell what is real from what is imagined. Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder may vary greatly from one person to the next and may be mild or severe. Symptoms may include:
Depression
* Poor appetite
* Weight loss or gain
* Changes in sleeping patterns (sleeping very little or a lot)
* Agitation (excessive restlessness)
* Lack of energy
* Loss of interest in usual activities
* Feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness
* Guilt or self-blame
* Inability to think or concentrate
* Thoughts of death or suicide
Mania
* Increased activity, including work, social and sexual activity
* Increased and/or rapid talking
* Rapid or racing thoughts
* Little need for sleep
* Agitation
* Inflated self-esteem
* Distractibility
* Self-destructive or dangerous behavior (such as going on spending sprees, driving recklessly or having unsafe sex)
Schizophrenia
* Delusions (strange beliefs that are not based in reality and that the person refuses to give up, even when presented with factual information)
* Hallucinations (the perception of sensations that aren't real, such as hearing voices)
* Disorganized thinking
* Odd or unusual behavior
* Slow movements or total immobility
* Lack of emotion in facial expression and speech
* Poor motivation
* Problems with speech and communication
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality and relates to others. Depression is an illness that is marked by feelings of sadness, worthlessness or hopelessness, as well as problems concentrating and remembering details. Bipolar disorder is characterized by cycling mood changes, including severe highs (mania) and lows (depression).
Schizoaffective disorder is a life-long illness that can impact all areas of daily living, including work or school, social contacts and relationships. Most people with this illness have periodic episodes, called relapses, when their symptoms surface. While there is no cure for schizoaffective disorder, symptoms often can be controlled with proper treatment.
A person with schizoaffective disorder has severe changes in mood and some of the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thinking. Psychotic symptoms reflect the person's inability to tell what is real from what is imagined. Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder may vary greatly from one person to the next and may be mild or severe. Symptoms may include:
Depression
* Poor appetite
* Weight loss or gain
* Changes in sleeping patterns (sleeping very little or a lot)
* Agitation (excessive restlessness)
* Lack of energy
* Loss of interest in usual activities
* Feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness
* Guilt or self-blame
* Inability to think or concentrate
* Thoughts of death or suicide
Mania
* Increased activity, including work, social and sexual activity
* Increased and/or rapid talking
* Rapid or racing thoughts
* Little need for sleep
* Agitation
* Inflated self-esteem
* Distractibility
* Self-destructive or dangerous behavior (such as going on spending sprees, driving recklessly or having unsafe sex)
Schizophrenia
* Delusions (strange beliefs that are not based in reality and that the person refuses to give up, even when presented with factual information)
* Hallucinations (the perception of sensations that aren't real, such as hearing voices)
* Disorganized thinking
* Odd or unusual behavior
* Slow movements or total immobility
* Lack of emotion in facial expression and speech
* Poor motivation
* Problems with speech and communication
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Victims of Schizoid Personality Disorder really have nothing wrong with them, they just prefer to be by themselves.
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An internet disorder caused by an individual who reads a significantly higher number of blog, forum or comment posts by many unique individuals, to the point of hearing voices in his head that do not correspond to his perceived train of thought.
The pathology behind this disorder is believed to reside behind the individuals 'mental voice' - the voice that speaks the words in an individual's mind as he reads - and the lack of a consistent train of thought due to the brevity and uniqueness of blog, forum and comment posts
i.e. each post has a different writing style, tone, train of thought, point of view, that continuing to read these posts, without a rest period to center one's thoughts, can lead to a lack of sense of self, and beginning to hear one's mental voice speak and think in ways that are foreign to the individual
The reason it is specifically an internet disorder, and not common schizophrenia, is probably due to the style of internet writing. i.e. if a person were to read a book, or magazine article, it's length and sense of closure at the end of the article allows an individual to regain their own train of thought.
Can be commonly found to coincide with Google Amnesia, and Hyperlink ADD
An internet disorder caused by an individual who reads a significantly higher number of blog, forum or comment posts by many unique individuals, to the point of hearing voices in his head that do not correspond to his perceived train of thought.
The pathology behind this disorder is believed to reside behind the individuals 'mental voice' - the voice that speaks the words in an individual's mind as he reads - and the lack of a consistent train of thought due to the brevity and uniqueness of blog, forum and comment posts
i.e. each post has a different writing style, tone, train of thought, point of view, that continuing to read these posts, without a rest period to center one's thoughts, can lead to a lack of sense of self, and beginning to hear one's mental voice speak and think in ways that are foreign to the individual
The reason it is specifically an internet disorder, and not common schizophrenia, is probably due to the style of internet writing. i.e. if a person were to read a book, or magazine article, it's length and sense of closure at the end of the article allows an individual to regain their own train of thought.
Can be commonly found to coincide with Google Amnesia, and Hyperlink ADD
1. First! I'm starting to get confused here; I can't think straight... liek readin' all these fukin' posts from these n00bs is teh gay. Bah! I'm just being a brain fanboy. That urban dictionary post was totally photoshopped. Leik you know, asshat! Wat r u, some 13yo posn llik you're an adult??!? Why do they let these kids in my brain? Linkin Park is my <3<3<3!!!!!111!1!
...OMG I think I'm suffering from Forum Schizophrenia
...OMG I think I'm suffering from Forum Schizophrenia
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"Wow, that Dj's pants are so tight it think he forgot to mix something into this basic loop."
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Julie: It's 4pm, I'm off. See you tomorrow.
Karla: What? You don't just leave at 4pm. There are still open issues to resolve.
Julie: Understood, I'll finish up.
Karla: Look, you can't just assume that we can pay you overtime. Your shift ends at 4pm, so if you stay later you need to get it approved first.
Julie: Are you certified in schizomanagement?
Karla: What? You don't just leave at 4pm. There are still open issues to resolve.
Julie: Understood, I'll finish up.
Karla: Look, you can't just assume that we can pay you overtime. Your shift ends at 4pm, so if you stay later you need to get it approved first.
Julie: Are you certified in schizomanagement?
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Hey, check out that crazy Schizophrenic Franklin on the side of the road over there! The dude's totally bat-shit insane!
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