Schizophrenia is a very serious disease that causes a violation of perception of reality. Consider the main signs of this disease, which everyone should know about.
10. Obsession with the supernatural
Many people prone to schizophrenia suddenly start to get involved in esotericism, mysticism, or some kind of religious movement. In such cases, patients try to somehow explain to themselves what is happening to them, to reconcile the imagination with the real world. At first, such people can only slightly lose touch with reality, but the farther the more complicated: their ideas and beliefs are becoming more delusional. If your relative or acquaintance with rapture talks about the fact that demons or lower entities have infiltrated him, this is an occasion to think seriously.
9. Quick Speech
A person with schizophrenia can speak very quickly and slurredly. The thinking of such people is fragmented, and often this is strongly reflected in speech. It is difficult for many schizophrenics to take part in conversations, to monitor their progress, they may lose the thread of the conversation. The speech of people suffering from such a disease is often incoherent, confusing: they abruptly switch from one topic to another, respond inappropriately. Some schizophrenics come up with words whose meanings are known only to themselves, and actively use them in conversations.
8. Indifference
A sign of schizophrenia may be "emotional dullness." A person begins to relate to the manifestations of feelings of relatives and friends, but he himself does not feel anything at all to them. Often there is causeless aggression, as well as irritation. At the same time, the patient quite adequately and calmly contacts with neighbors, acquaintances, colleagues (with those people with whom you do not need to show any emotions). Over time, the schizophrenic begins to give the impression of a completely insensitive person.
7. Memory problems
Schizophrenics can significantly deteriorate memory: some of them forget not only long-standing events, but also what happened to them a few minutes ago. It is worth noting that people with schizophrenia have problems not only with remembering events, but also with intellectual activity in general. Moreover, it is not the intellect itself, but the ability to use it. Schizophrenic dementia regresses if the patient is properly treated during periods of exacerbation of the disease.
6. Auditory hallucinations
Most people with schizophrenia experience auditory hallucinations, which many call voices in their heads. They can even order something, enter into disputes with a person, praise him or condemn him. Auditory hallucinations in many cases cause memory lapses, problems with concentration. Some patients begin to believe that these thoughts were instilled into them using secret technologies, by inducing damage. Hallucinations in schizophrenia can be not only auditory, but also visual, tactile.
5. Change in appetite
Many schizophrenics are indifferent to food. Some people suffering from such a disease develop anorexia: a person begins to eat less and less, because he seems very fat. This can lead to disastrous consequences. More than 5% of people with anorexia die as a result of suicide or exhaustion. Of course, anorexia is far from being a symptom of schizophrenia in all cases, but still this symptom should be taken into account.
4. Insomnia
People with schizophrenia feel tension all the time: many of them are sure that they are in danger. Schizophrenics do not trust almost anyone. People with such a mental disorder often think that everything in the world revolves only around them. For this reason, they everywhere see secret messages, signs. Some schizophrenics think that even the people around are not real passers-by, colleagues, but only actors who play certain roles. To monitor everything that happens, patients can refuse to sleep.
3. Derealization and depersonalization
In a schizophrenic, the perception of the surrounding reality and himself is impaired. Everything around him seems to him not quite real: similar sensations arise in healthy people in dreams. A person who is still developing such a disease, he himself can understand that something strange is happening to him. In such situations, people usually share their experiences with family and friends, who must necessarily listen to the words of a dear person.
2. Strange movements
Signs of schizophrenia can be slow blinking, frequent twitching of the legs, arms, corners of the mouth, very active work of the facial muscles. However, it should be borne in mind that all this can be inborn. Pay attention only to those unusual movements that occurred suddenly. People with schizophrenia can give free rein to their hands, become disinhibited. In some cases, such movements even begin to interfere with others.
1. Closure
This symptom of schizophrenia is very important. A sick person ceases to communicate with colleagues, acquaintances, even with his close relatives. A schizophrenic is most often more comfortable alone with himself: he practically does not leave his apartment, completely ceases to show interest in the world around him. In some cases, close people at first do not even pay attention to the fact that a person turns into a hermit. The main reason for this is that at the present time, many limit the circle of their acquaintances to interlocutors from the Internet, and this is considered absolutely normal.