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The wise person knows anything can happen to them; and so when something does happen, they simply say: I knew it.

The man turned that barren land into a whole fucking forest by hand for them. Yet they show no interest in investing in its upkeep nor the desire for financial gain via the coconut industry. I just…🙄

- facial dyskinesias: involuntary facial movements

Non-systematized delusions- may change in content and level of concern, from day to day or even from minute to minute.

This applies to psychotic episodes and not just schizophrenia. Here is how you handle an episode. Speaking of the belief in flight delusion you mentioned, there was a girl in Stephen Fry’s documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive who thought she could fly. She jumped off a balcony and became unable to walk. In the case of a delusion that seriously threatens the deluded persons safety, they would probably recommend limiting their access to things that would harm them.

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«schizo» means split, and «phrenia» in this case refers to the mind. even though schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean splitting of the mind, it does not refer to a split personality like some media sources might portray, but rather schizophrenia refers to a scattered or fragmented pattern of thinking. schizophrenia is actually a syndrome meaning there are all sorts of symptoms that might be associated with it, and different patients might experience different symptoms. although the symptoms can be broadly categorized into three major areas. -positive symptoms -negative symptoms -cognitive symptoms alright, taking a step back. most human symptoms from any illness are extreme versions of a normal physiologic process. for example; everyone has a heartbeat, right? tachycardia is a fast heartbeat. in the same way everyone has a normal body temperature, but during a fever that temperature is higher. in schizophrenia patients have positive symptoms, which aren’t positive in the sense that they’re helpful, but positive in the sense that there’s some new feature that doesn’t have a normal or  physiologic counterpart. these are the psychotic symptoms, so; -delusions -hallucinations -disorganized speech -disorganized behavior -catatonic behavior none of which occur physiologically. delusions are false beliefs that the person might feel very strongly about. so much so that they won’t change their mind, even if you gave them evidence against it. there are all sorts of different delisions, like for example; a delusion of control where somebody thinks that some outside force, person or thing is controlling their actions. they can also be delusions of reference where someone might think that insignificant remarks are directed at them, like a newscaster is speaking directly to them through the tv. hallucinations are a second type of positive symptom and it can be any kind of sensation that’s not really there, including visual and auditory sensations like hearing voices or commands. a third type is disorganized speech, an example being something like a word-salad which seems like a random jumbling of words or phrases like «pencil dog hat coffee blue!». disorganized behavior on the other hand could be like if they exibit some bizarre or silly behavior that’s out of context and doesn’t seem to have much of a purpose, like for example wearing multiple layers of jackets on a hot summer day. also sometimes their behavior is described as catatonic which has to do with their movements, posture and responsiveness. so they might be super resistant to moving, or being an unresponsive stupor. negative symptoms are when there’s a reduction or removal of normal processes. this is like a decrease in emotions that they can express, or a loss of interest in things they once found interesting. one type of negative symptom is called flat effect where they dont respond with an emotion or reaction that would seem appropriate, like if they saw something very unexpected like a monkey playing in their livingroom. they might simply sit and watch idly as if nothing was happening. another type is alogia or poverty of speech, which is a lack of content in their speech. so like if somebody asked them «do you have any children?», they might respond with «yes.» instead of «yeah, one boy and two girls.». a third type of negative symptom is avolition which is this decrease in motivation to complete certain goals, so someone might stay home for long periods of time without trying to reach out to friends or find work. cognitive symptoms are like not being able to remember things, learn new things or understand others easily. these symptoms are more subtle though and are more difficult to notice and might only be detected by having really specific tests performed. an example being someone not being able to keep track of several things at a time like a phonenumber and an adress. people with schizophrenia seem to cycle through three phases, typically in order. during the prodromal phase patients might become withdrawn and spend most of their time alone, and a lot of times this seems similar to mental disorders like depression or anxiety. during the active phase patients experience more severe symptoms like delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech/behavior or catatonic behavior. following the active phase patients often enter into a residual phase where they might exibit cognitive symptoms like not being able to concentrate or becoming withdrawn again as with the prodromal phase. for an official diagnosis of schizophrenia patients need to be diagnosed with two of the following symptoms; delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized/catatonic behavior or negative symptoms. and at least one of these have to be one of the three first mentioned. so basically, they can’t have just disorganized/catatonic behavior and negative symptoms. even though some patients might have cognitive symptoms, they aren’t needed for an official diagnosis. also though, for a diagnosis, signs of these disturbances must be ongoing for at least six months. meaning that they’re in one phase or the other for six months, but there must be at least one month of active symptoms.

When they wake up, it’s cleanup time, or bedtime, she plays what she calls “musical habits”. She puts on a playlist of their favorite songs (it’s like 20-25 minutes) that make them feel motivated, and they should be finished getting ready or cleaning by the time the last song is over. If they’re not, they get a toy from their toy bin taken away or an Oreo from their snack bag taken out (aka eaten by her). But she hasn’t ever gotten to that because they always finish. They don’t even like hearing the consequences lol. And I just wanted to say I really enjoyed seeing good parenting by a Black woman that wasn’t abusive or harmful to the child’s development, it gave me inspiration and hope. Just had to talk about it somewhere.