{"id":3016,"date":"2019-01-08T07:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T07:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veryhealthy.life\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2021-08-06T01:26:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T01:26:15","slug":"13-most-common-schizophrenia-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veryhealthy.life\/13-most-common-schizophrenia-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Most Common Schizophrenia Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Schizophrenia is a brain syndrome that misrepresents the way an individual reflects, acts, articulates sentiments, relates to others and recognizes actuality. 1% of the population which comprises 2.2 million Americans will develop Schizophrenia at some point in their lives. Approximately 10% of people who are diagnosed with Schizophrenia are likely to commit suicide and are more probable to resort to alcohol and drugs as a means of escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the source for Schizophrenia is not known, the mental disorder can be developed through a number of issues that include inheritances, brain interaction, brain irregularity and ecological factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mental illness is likely to affect people from their teen years the too early 20s. It contributes tremendously to how a teenager grows up because some drop out of school as a result of not being able to cope academically and feel overwhelmed when surrounded by many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a number of the most common Schizophrenia symptoms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Delusions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Misinterpretations are common in people who are diagnosed with Schizophrenia<\/a>. Delusions normally mean when a person believes in an idea that is not realistic but stays adamant that that illusion is real. It is almost impossible to make the affected see the reality of the notion because it is already made up in their minds that, that idea is factual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of aberrations Schizophrenia and these include Delusions of persecution: This is when the affected think that people are out to get them or have a personal vendetta against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delusions of reference: A person who has Schizophrenia might think a person who is singing a song, acting in a movie, or is on a billboard chart is sending a message specifically to them. Delusions of grandeur: This when the diagnosed think they are somebody well-known and significant. Furthermore, they often think they have supernatural powers to do things that other people can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2. Hallucinations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hallucinations <\/a>are when you hear the voices of sounds in your head. The voices are normally those of people you know. The voices often come in different forms ranging from positive and negative. The person often responds to the voices and this becomes a conversation but it is really just a dialogue made by one person with nobody retorting. The conversation is of great importance to the diagnosed and the individual sees nothing wrong with speaking to the voices in her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the illusions may occur when in a group of people, the deceptions happen quite often when the individual is alone. The individual is not aware that all the sounds he hears are in his mind. Hence he sees nothing wrong with exchanging conversations with those he hears in his head. The person may even respond in an aggressive manner as though he is arguing with the people in his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3. Disorganized Speech<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Disordered speech is when the individual twists his words during his speech. He might start a conversation with a specific topic and end up concluding it in a totally different subject. In addition, it becomes extremely difficult to sustain a thought let alone think about one subject at a time. The person has difficulty focusing for a long period of time and may often deviate on the subject matter at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It becomes increasingly difficult to hold a conversation with a person who is diagnosed <\/a>with Schizophrenia because they can\u2019t stick to one subject.\u00a0Common indicators of disordered dialogue comprise of, Neologism: This is when the person uses words that only make sense to him alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preservation: This is when the person repeats his words, statements, and conversations over and over again. Clang: This is when the person uses rhyming words in a pointless statement and has no relation whatsoever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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4. Disorganized Behavior<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Disorganized behavior for a person who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia <\/a>is when the individual is incapable of taking care of their thoughts, goals, or how they reason with other people. It is very frustrating especially for people who were able to do things so freely and independently before. It changes every sensible behavior they were able to do before because now, it seems nothing makes sense to them or to their normal functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples in disorganized behavior include a deterioration of incomplete regular functioning, erratic or unfitting emotional retorts, conducts that seem strange and have no meaning or reason, and lack of reticence and instinct control. Disorganized behavior affects the daily life of an individual. This is one of the reasons why many of the people decide to drop out of school because they can\u2019t concentrate during the class lessons and seem to be overwhelmed when given the amount of work that needs to be completed for their grade progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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5. Negative Symptoms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The alleged negative signs of Schizophrenia <\/a>denote the lack of normal activities found in hale and hearty persons, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showing no emotional expression which includes the emotionless face, as well as speaking in a flat voice, not able to look people in the eye or make close contact with them, and unqualified or constrained facial expressions. Showing no signs of concern or zeal, problems with drivers, or maintaining a positive and motivating attitude; not concerned about personal wellbeing. Seemingly lack of importance in the creation, and illiteracy of the atmosphere; social extraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communication complications and defects, incapability to carry out a conversation; short and from time to time disengaged replies to queries; speaking in intonation. This is when the person doesn\u2019t have any sense of a right mind and can\u2019t think nor reason straight. This is where most drawback indicators start to show because the individual is not in any mind of thinking or seeing right from wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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6. Hostility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The individual tends to become very aggressive towards people. They are no longer in a position to present themselves in a calm and subtle way. Instead, they are always blowing people off and refuses to be told what to do. They hate it when they are being corrected because as far as they concerned, nothing they do is wrong. Everything that used to matter and have sentimental value for the individual start to have less and less significance. At some point, they can\u2019t even tell the difference between family and friends because everyone has become an enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their anger becomes difficult to control because the individual has become angry and non-responsive to the world. He doesn\u2019t care anything any more. hygiene <\/a>is even the least of the person’s worries. This neglect translates to the individual no longer bathing, brushing his teeth, changing clothing, or doing all the regular things that are part of being a functioning member of society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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7. Extremely Disordered or Irregular Motor Conduct<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The extreme condition of asymmetrical motor behavior may be obvious in a number of ways. These comprise of: Na\u00efve ridiculousness to erratic tension: the person may start behaving like a child <\/a>or reasoning like one. They might not see any change in his mentality but the people close to him will see that his reasoning capacity has drastically changed. Behavior isn\u2019t goal-orientated: If this was an individual who was always objective and had a plan about how they were going to spend their day, everything changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can\u2019t complete tasks anymore and anything that requires them to think or use their mind ends up being a difficult task to complete. Behavior can consist of not abiding by directions, unfitting or strange posture, a comprehensive lack of reaction, or impractical and unnecessary movement. At this stage, the individual is slowing starting to lose their sanity. This doesn\u2019t mean they are crazy, it just means they can no longer function like a sane and a human who is in their right mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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8. Symptoms in Teenagers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The signs of Schizophrenia in teens can often be misconstrued as natural hormonal adaptations. However, there are evident signs that can be found and these can include. Extraction from loved ones: as the disorder intensifies, the individual draws back from family and friends. They start spending less time with them and eventually stops spending time with loved ones all together. Their invests in a solitary company. Academic deterioration: the grades at school start to drop as a result of not being able to concentrate anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insomnia<\/a>: the person starts having trouble sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad temper or dejected mood: the person diagnosed with Schizophrenia becomes difficult to please. He is constantly moody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lack of enthusiasm: as a result of the disorder, you are no longer motivated and basically don\u2019t see the point of being or doing positive things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlikely to have misbeliefs, unlike adults who have delusions, misconceptions are not apparent in teenagers. Probable to have visual illusions: teenagers are likely to have deceptions as the severity of their Schizophrenia heightens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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9. Apathy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Apathy is when the person is not interested in anything. The things that used to excite him such as reading a book or watching a movie for instance no longer give him joy. Life becomes meaningless and you just go with the wind\u2019s direction, you lose all sense of ambition and drive. The things that you used to look forward to as a teenager or as an adult <\/a>are the last things you want to do, in fact, you don\u2019t think about anything else but sitting around and doing nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dispirited individual has a lack of awareness or anxiety about expressive, social, mystical, ethical, or physical life and the world. The unconcerned may have or rather show no purpose towards life, substance, or significance in their life. A lethargic individual may also display insensibility or indolence. It is difficult to make such a person see reason with how disinterested they have become towards life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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10. Lack Of Awareness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At first, the person doesn\u2019t realize that he has a mental disorder. He believes he is sane and that nothing is wrong with him. Although he might try to go on with life and take each day as it comes, the more the ailment <\/a>intensifies, the harder it becomes to function like a normal human being. It is normally family and friends or medical specialists that tell the individual about the severity of his illness and what he needs to do in order to get well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as the actual individual is concerned, he is A-Okay. He shows an immense lack of awareness of his health state. It is hard on the family to have to try and explain to the person that he is actually not mentally stable and he needs to seek immediate medical attention. It requires a great deal of courage and support for the individual who has to undergo the Schizophrenia treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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11. No Follow-Through<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As determined as an individual suffering from Schizophrenia might be with starting a task, they might not follow through with their task. This is to say they might not see that it is completed. The worst-case scenario is not being able to schedule things properly to the extent that they can\u2019t even carefully plan their day. This is a challenge for people who are still at school and have to prepare for an assignment or an examination. Failing to prepare will just contribute to having poor results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adults <\/a>who are diagnosed with Schizophrenia may mess up their meeting schedules and sometimes not show up for important presentations because they have either forgotten about them and didn\u2019t prioritize the significance thereof. It seems it gets harder and harder to prepare something from scratch and actually follow it through. In the end, teenagers drop out of school and adults quit their job because it seems nothing they do is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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12. No Communication Interest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another symptom is not being interested on having conversations with family, friends and literally anyone who is keen on speaking to you. The individual usually draws back from people and as a result of such withdrawal isn\u2019t keen on speaking to people. If he was a talkative person before, he switches gear and this surprises many people especially the people that once knew him as a friendly and outspoken individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that the person might not want to speak too much may make a lot of people be quick to see that there is a problem. On the other hand, the person who has Schizophrenia <\/a>will see nothing wrong with his mood swings and his incapability of being able to address people. As the disorder enhances, the person will shut people out and always want to be alone without anybody annoying him with small talk. He gets irritated very easily at this point in time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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13. Confusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The following are confusion symptoms due to the brain<\/a>, feelings or speech that may look as if it is disorderly or detached, jumping from one subject to a new one,words being used in an infrequent manner. Reactions that may appear to be unbefitting, for example an individual that would be pleased with gloomy events followed by anxiety with preparation or making verdicts. In the end they find it difficult to comprehend other people\u2019s emotional state or actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These confusion symptoms can change an individual\u2019s entire life. It is at this stage where they that maybe, they might be losing the plot. However, some people may still feel that there is nothing wrong with them regardless of all the symptoms being evident. Family and friends need to intervene and try to help their loved ones because seeing that they might realize they have Schizophrenia, they might not be willing to even take their medication or follow remedial treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n

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