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Essay / Schizophrenia, the schizophrenic mind is not so much...
Elyn Saks said: “The schizophrenic mind is not so much divided as broken. I like to say that schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare.” Schizophrenia is a long-term mental disorder involving a disconnect between thinking, behavior and emotion. The title “Schizophrenia” is just an umbrella that encompasses more than one type of schizophrenia; such as paranoid schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, residual schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder (Mental Health America). Schizophrenia is an illness that affects a person's mind, and according to Mental Health America, the cause of schizophrenia is unknown, although the causes are known to be linked to genetics, biology, and possibly viral infections and immune disorders. Symptoms of schizophrenia may involve inappropriate actions and feelings, as well as withdrawal from reality and personal relationships. Given the wide range of symptoms of schizophrenia, some form of organization is necessary to achieve greater understanding. The symptoms of schizophrenia can therefore be classified into two main categories. The categories that organize symptoms are positive symptoms and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and any of the various disorders it encompasses. According to Mental Health America, positive symptoms are symptoms caused by one of the disorders; examples of positive symptoms would be hallucinations, delusions, and slurred speech. Negative symptoms are things that the person loses because of the disorder; examples of negative symptoms would be social withdrawal or lack of initiative and drive. According to Schizophrenia.com, paranoid schizophrenia has positive symptoms that include delusions and hallucinations. Paranoid... middle of paper ......is a manifesto in which David Kaczynski recognizes his brother as the author. David was the person who reported his brother because he realized how bad his brother had become and he knew that Ted needed to be stopped. Kaczynski was sentenced to eight life sentences without parole. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Within the category of schizophrenia, there are different types of schizophrenia, each with symptoms that differ in order to distinguish one type from another. Because some symptoms are similar, this can lead to misdiagnoses or even confusing one type of schizophrenia with something else. Ted Kaczynski was a famous schizophrenic; he was famous for his protest actions in the form of sending bombs to protest the industrialization of society and the overuse of technology..