pchiztophrenia (sp)

[az666]

u know people with multipul peresonalities...from what ive heard they are always associated as being bad.....Do you think its possible for the person in someones head to be good and help them in their life??

[hoodedclum]

I think schizophrenia and multiple personalitys are 2 different things..
and voices in ur head cant be good man, i dont think mental illness has helped anyone.

[hoodedclum]

chemically induced madness isf un tho lol

[Kid Dynamite]

yeah scizophrenia and multiple personality disorder are different

Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia is a split in perception that causes an individual to become detached, isolated and remote from reality and from the rest of society. A person experiencing schizophrenia might see things in a way that he can only understand. He might also experience hallucinations such as hearing voices and seeing things, paranoia, feelings and thoughts of persecution and feeling like he is in another world.

MPD - an hysterical neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct but complex and socially and behaviorally integrated parts each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others called also alternating personality, dissociative identity disorder;

The scientific difference is that Schizophrenia is an actual disease affecting parts of the brain, wheres MPD is a mentail illness.

[az666]

sweet i didnt know that but say if the voice in your head guided you and suggested things you wouldnt normally think of....good things....then it wouldnt really be a problem then would it....it possibly could tho....just wonderin if any 1 had heard of this??

[juggalo420]

i have multi personalities i think, theres high me, tripping me, burnt out me, depressed me, oddly hopeful me, ambitious me, and maybe a few others.

[Nullific]

sweet i didnt know that but say if the voice in your head guided you and suggested things you wouldnt normally think of....good things....then it wouldnt really be a problem then would it....it possibly could tho....just wonderin if any 1 had heard of this??
A conscience? Everybody has 'voices' in their heads so to speak.

[nomorenarcs]

sweet i didnt know that but say if the voice in your head guided you and suggested things you wouldnt normally think of....good things....then it wouldnt really be a problem then would it....it possibly could tho....just wonderin if any 1 had heard of this??


A decent percentage of people with Schizophrenia say that sometimes the voices provide company, and the hallucinations are sometimes entertaining. But, almost all say its impossible to hold a job with voices in your head, and while they (the voices) may try to "help" you with their comments, they often tell you to do things the wrong way. Like you boss says " clean the kitchen and take out the garbage" and the voices tell you to do it reverse. The voices may be trying to help you, but its going to get you fired.




So to answer the question

"Do you think its possible for the person in someones head to be good and help them in their life??"


The voices can be "good" and even help them sometimes. One guy said its like having a radio on in his head. Another said the voices in his head helped write his x mas cards! But overall they almost always hurt the person. Having sex, while hearing voices talk about you and what you are doing ruins most patients sex lives.The majority of people dont hear commands, thats a hollywood thing. Most hear like a running commentary on what they are doing, sort like a sportscaster is commenting on your every move. It must feel very much like your privacy is being invaded. Other people hear like a mocking voice, telling them how much they suck. Other times its like 2 people talking to each other in your head. A cetain percent know they arent real, some arent sure, and some are convinced the voices are real. Many think that the gov are beaming these thoughts into their head. Doesnt sound like too much fun to me.


According to my textbook here
10 out of 50 patients would like to go on hearing voices if they could control them, but 49 of them had said hearing things had negative effects.
2/3 of them would rather not hear voices even if they could control when they would come.
But that still leaves a 1/3 that overall like the voices.

[Nullific]

A decent percentage of people with Schizophrenia say that sometimes the voices provide company, and the hallucinations are sometimes entertaining. But, almost all say its impossible to hold a job with voices in your head, and while they (the voices) may try to "help" you with their comments, they often tell you to do things the wrong way. Like you boss says " clean the kitchen and take out the garbage" and the voices tell you to do it reverse. The voices may be trying to help you, but its going to get you fired.
I used to have a similar problem when I was younger, voices would give me orders and say if I didn't comply me, family or friends would be injured. The orders would be sometimes be contradictory to what I was told to do in school, by my parents etc. and other times be stupid little things such as touching/picking up an object and if I didn't do it there would always be a awkward feeling down my spine. This made me appear somewhat obsessive compulsive. I also used to and still at times do believe parents or authority figures are attempting to read my mind, and thus try my best to watch what I think around certain people.
Who knows if its actual schizophrenia, I researched it a couple years ago and found it is very rare and occurs in 1% of the population, may be genetic and is very rare to have at an early age. Unless of course it is under-reported, and I do believe most everyone has heard 'voices' at some point in their life.
Eventually I learned I could drone them out, or simply laugh at them. It can be very beneficial as to help you see things for different perspectives, though to others it can make your statements look seemingly paradoxical. I also enjoy my dislike for authority, it really helps you question what you're told...even the things you tell yourself. When I learned about Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman and Bill Hicks it was like I found a part of myself.

[GHoSToKeR]

people only think of mental illnesses like this as 'bad' because they're afraid of what they don't understand. Nobody truely understands how the brain works. I like to think that some things - such as the affect of drugs, hallucinations, ect - may actually be an improvement. Maybe they help us to see and understand things that a normal brain couldnt? Im not saying that this is the case for Schizophrenia and MPD, but who really knows?