10 Things You Should Know About Schizophrenia
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
- In this video, I provide a brief list of 10 things everyone should know about schizophrenia. This list is by no means exhaustive as there is much more to learn and know about schizophrenia, but here are some basics that everyone should be aware of.
They include:
1. Schizophrenia is not multiple personality disorder (or dissociative identity disorder)
2. Schizophrenia involves psychosis
3. There's more to schizophrenia than hallucinations and delusions
4. Violence is not a symptom of schizophrenia
5. Schizophrenia does not discriminate in who it affects
6. The exact cause of schizophrenia is still unknown
7. Schizophrenia affects everyone uniquely
8. Schizophrenia is not contagious
9. Schizophrenia is treatable
10. People with schizophrenia can still lead meaningful lives
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The term schizophrenia from the early 1900's means you hear voices that do not belong to you and you see things other do not see. Period. None of you people have any clue what you are talking about and with all due respect it's sad that videos like this are what is informing people. What you and these people have are attacks from spirits but your too secular and intellectual to accept it. You will never be free if you don't. You cannot treat something if you don't even know how to identify it.
I used to work on a psychiatric ward. One of the patients was having delusions my entire shift. She was terrified the other staff kept telling her nothing was there and told her to calm down, so finally I walked over to her an asked want she’s seeing. She putting to the corner in her room and said there was a little green man there. I looked in the corner an looked back at the client and told her “ I don’t see what you see, but I can promise you, you’re in a safe place an I won’t let anything happen to you”. Instantly, the patient became calm and remained calm for the rest of my shift.
nelly child wow 😮
great support nelly
I don’t mind seeing little green men with machine guns, I just wanna know who’s side they’re on…
walter kersting
Lol good point!
A great intervention.
I love your videos! I’ve been living with Schizoaffective Disorder for 6 years now. I take my meds, see my doctor, and I’ve managed to hold done a job for the last three years. I’m raising two little girls and taking it one day at a time 👍🏻
Jessica England 🙏🏽 respect
You're seriously an unsung modern-day super heroine.
Namaste. Good for you.
Jessica England be proud of yourself and your strength x
Have u had obes in meditation
I am a schizophrenic since six years . l was very hopeless about my future but your videos gives me relief that l can do something better with my life and l am not alone.
Good luck!👍
If you’re reading this you are NOT alone❤️
❤
Yes I am
I know. I am surrounded by talking ghosts that no one else can see or hear but me.
@Pretzel Boggins Knowing is half the battle...GI Joe...A real American hero...GI Joe is there........
Hugh Jasdik ahah that’s what I was thinking 😂
#10, the living a meaningful life, was something unknown to me for a decade. Even my doctors never pushed me towards better coping mechanisms, and I lived like I was under a sentence of not being able to live a life. I stopped going out and having relationships etc, which was disaster for my life and wellbeing. Still trying to dig out of that hole. My main advice is to find a good doctor, get the right medications, and stay active.
I photographed a model with schizophrenia about a year ago. She was very open about her illness. It looked like she was quite socialized (she had a boyfriend and an OK job) although she was OK of being on her own. I guess I was a bit too curious to ask her about everything she experienced cause of her illness but I realized that nowadays people with such a diagnosis can live quite a productive life if people who surrounds them want to be helpful. Hope she is doing great she seemed to be such a genuine person. Best regards!
I'm an older woman with schizoaffective disorder....this helps me somehow...I'm a loner because growing up this type of format did not exist...I am hopeful that someday I can get a home care worker approved because of things like this shedding a light on our issues...thank you young lady
Ms Jae I am 44 and lived with schizoaffective disorder since the age of 17. Things are so much better nowadays in terms of medications and therapies. It’s great how people talk it about it more nowadays and stigma is slowly reducing I hope.
@@suzannealsop3394 my meds give me bad akathisia..."dont know if I'm spelling this right"....
Ms Jae I get very tired on my meds and tire easily but rather have that than delusional thoughts
@@nena2154 if you mind I want to know how old you were when you were first diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder?
Don't forget cognitive symptoms! Thank you soooo much for everything you do!
it took me 28 years to realize not everyone experienced what we do
My younger brother has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia(very early prodromal stage I think is how you say it?) He is almost 18 years old. Thank you for these videos as I'm trying to learn all that I can to help him and understand him and schizophrenia. I want to end the stigma of what media perceives schizophrenia to be honestly. The first thing I thought was literally number one on your list and I am really upset at myself for just believing the media instead of educating myself. But now that my life is so deeply involved I just want to know everything about schizophrenia. Thank you again ❤️
Please do some research on Akathisia and Adverse Drug Reactions. A good source of information is www.madinamerica.com and also if you google Legal Death - In Drugs We Trust. Many times people are diagnosed with a range of 'labels' after starting meds - there are some amazing natural solutions out there. Also read books by Dr Mark Hyman. He will teach you how our minds are directly linked to our guts and how even eliminating gluten and dairy can have an amazing effect on the brain. Find the underlying cause of symptoms - do not just believe what psychiatrists tell you!
@@SydneyDiva thank you. That's just so discouraging to hear not to believe everything the psychiatrist say because that's really all we can go off of😔 my brother isn't talking very much and off he does very short yes, no, maybe answers and we ask how he's feeling or to be specific but he's just not being specific. He just doesn't really want to except something is wrong yet so we can't help him in making informed decisions. I will look into this though! Thank you
@@ballerqt4life sorry but there are thousands out there who believe they have a 'mental illness' when all they have is Adverse Drug Reactions or a temporary human emotion that does not require medication. Once you're on meds, a whole new series of symptoms start. If you try and get off them, you also get withdrawal effect and/or Akathisia. It took us 2 years of hell to figure it all out - now I've found hundreds of others effected in the same way. Dr Peter Breggin, Dr Peter Gotzsche and Robert Whittaker all have books you could read - you could spare your brother the torture we went through.
@SidneyDiva, I agree with everything you said. We went true Hell with my 25 years old son. My son was studying Exercise Health Science and January of 2017 he started his last semester @ Harvard - internship- strength and conditioning . His internship sleep deprived him and At the same time he became vegan,
Two weeks before graduation he became psychotic,and got acute catatonia . 2 months in the hospital he was sectioned and put on Zyprexa. He was refusing meds constantly and the psychiatrist told me to crush the Pill and put in in his juice. I knew nothing about schizophrenia or any mental issues and listen to everything they told me , until 2 months later I realized that I’m slowly killing my son, he gain 100 pounds for 2 months and liver not functioning well,. Then I turned the page . I kept visiting the psychiatrist getting the meds without letting him know that I'm very slowly reducing the dose
It took me 2 years to go from 25 mg to 0. I followed Mark Hayman’s food advice, I did spectra cell testing on all vitamins , minerals and aminos .
My son was deficient on B12, magnesium, D3, and cholin
All of this deficiencies are associated with mental health
Once I start all this vitamins, he became different person
The best decision I ever made ,
NOT TO LISTEN TO THE PSYCHIATRIST, At the end when I told him what I did ,he told me he doesn’t want to see us any more .All the doctors at the hospital are telling that Schizophrenia starts at his age, I no one knows the reason, when actually he was just deficient on vitamins and sleep deprived
Shame on all those farma pupets!
@@KELTCHEV always get checked for Wilson's disease first. It's more common and goes undiagnosed in the medical community and hard to diagnose. Get copper and ceruloplasm checked blood. And urine copper levels. It presents with neurological symptoms similar to ASD and schizophrenia. Especially if he has those deficiencies and starts having tremors or upset stomach pain etc. It's worth it to look up i got checked
Most ppl have toxic metals built up and medical community doesn't want to touch it until the neuro symptoms are severe. It also shows it's face in teens/early 20s like schizophrenia
I am an autistic schizophrenic, I live without family, friends or a relationship.
I am taking Olanzapine every night and this keeps the symptoms of schizophrenia away.
I've been on antipsychotic meds since 1986 as well as antidepressants.
Autism impacts my life more as I don't understand relationships and I fear intimacy.
What became schizophrenia began around the age of 18 and became gradually worse over the years.
I am on meds for the rest of my life which I fully accept as I need them to be calm.
Thank you for your video, I found it interesting to watch and I wish you very well.
As a mother of a son who has been diagnosed with "Psycotic Features", I really appreciate your content in this fight to destigmatize this disorder.
What is Psychotic Features? If he is hearing voices that do not belong to him or seeing things that are not there it is a spiritual attack.
My husband just found out he is schizophrenic and i’m trying to learn as much information as i can on the topic and your videos are very informative. Thank you 🙏
Very smart and well spoken young woman. I’m glad she is working in a research environment.
Maybe it's a small thing, considering the seriousness of the topic, but doing your research, preparing your script, rehearsing, being well groomed, choosing your best blouse, and preparing a non distracting background speak wonders about you. Thank you for this extra effort, it's not so common in youtubers.
I tried a medication for adult attention deficit disorder which made me hear whispers and other auditory disturbances. I got off that med pronto, let me tell you. It was scary so I can't imagine living with schizophrenia. Thank you Lauren for educating us.
Do you still experience it or no more because Adderall gave me psychoses I was manic and paranoid delusion
@@abdullahiabdi1969 No, as soon as I got off the ADHD medication, I was fine. I'm just doing behaviour modification for my attention deficit issues now. Conversely, my daughter is on a non stimulant ADHD medication and it's working great for her.
@@traces2807 good I think she's on sattera but I'm really scared of developing schizophrenia in the future I'm only 21 now
@@abdullahiabdi1969 have good communication with your doctor. Even if you developed schizophrenia, there are treatments and ways to live a full life, as Lauren has shown.
The bible says that is a spiritual attack and drugs are not going to help. Read Job chapter 4-7. The bible was written 1,000's of years before"psycholoigsts" so I trust that more than I do them.
Thank you for sharing your story and knowledge. I have schizoaffective disorder and it’s nice to see someone so well put together with the same disorder.
Hi Nikki what are your feeling
You speak very well. You would be a great journalist.
She IS a journalist. Here...
I think she should do the audio of books She the kind of girl that reads poetry,under 🕯️ light
Thank you for making these videos . Both my twin boys who will be 24 years old in December have schizophrenia and these videos are helping me learn more about the disease so I can take care of them . When the symptoms began last year I had a hard time dealing with it , so I decided to educate myself as mush as possible about the disease . I spent hours online whenever I had the spare time watching videos and reading about schizophrenia. So far I have found a few doctors who were diagnosed with schizophrenia at around the same age as my son. They started on medication and became doctors and I just received some of their books and started reading them to learn more about the disease. This gives me a lot of hope for my sons. How amazing to be diagnosed with schizophrenia and then go on in life and become a doctor . My one son had severe symptoms when he was discharged from the hospital and now he is much better with routine MD visits and medication and he is doing very well in life and even found a great job at the college nearby our house.
I have never liked the designation "high functioning," either. It makes people think you're fine and it's not a big deal.
True. I was said to have high functioning depression and it made me feel like I shouldn’t have even come asking for help, like I’m imagining my own emotional state.
Thanks for this Lauren, you're a great role model and your videos are very helpful and informative. Videos like these also help a lot in reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. Keep up the good work, and I'm looking forward to your future work.
Thank you for sharing as a mother that wants to help my son.. THANK YOU! 🙏🏻
I am SO glad you are making these videos. It’s time to break the stigma. I’ve been wanting to make similar videos around the mental instabilities I face, primarily depression, panic/anxiety and episodes of depersonalization. Once I achieve some balance in my life, I will do this. The world needs to hear your story. I would love to partner with you on hosting an awareness event sometime. I will definitely be sharing your channel with my friends and community ❤️
Educating people is the best tool on ending stigma! Thank you so much for your videos, I’ve learned a lot xx
People like you, and channels like this, increase RUclips relevance by many orders of magnitude. And help bring mental health discussion to the 2020's. If I ever teach Psychopathology again I will show my students your videos, because you explain everything so well, and with that invaluable first person experience and demystifying account. Keep the good work, Lauren. Well done! And thank you. I am learning a lot with you also (I am a Psychologist, and excuse me because English is not native to me)
Thanks for the great video, I’m glad this was written from a first person perspective. One of my friends just got diagnosed and I just witnessed a psychotic episode for the first time in my life. It breaks my heart because they’re only 15. On top of that they’re already dealing with depression and anxiety, so that makes it even worse. I want to help them and/or what to do; that’s why I’m here. Thanks again for the wonderfully informative video!
The production quality of this video is next level. Thanks so much for the great work you're doing.
Excellent video, Lauren. This helps me understand my brother's illness much better. Keep up the good work.
I’ve been watching your videos since my mom has been hospitalized. It’s been very helpful, thank you.
I hope she is ok now❤️
Great video Lauren. I suffer from obsessional thoughts and rumination plus depression and anxiety . I have been watching your video for a while and think you do a great job in presenting them . Even though I don’t have schizophrenia it’s good to learn about other mental illnesses and makes you feel not so alone as it’s a hard illness to deal with x
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. Destigmatizing the condition is important and you’re doing important work.
Also: wow production values!
It’s good to see a new video from this channel. Please stay strong in informing and helping those dealing with this destructively overstigmatized condition.
Being recently diagnosed and trying to find info to talk about it publicly because the negative symptoms have been seriously impacting my life, thank you so so much for this video
I had a uncle that had schizophrenia that killed his wife cause he thought she was cheating on him with the neighbor and then my best friend was also a schizophrenic and my friends and family get nervous that I hang with him a lot cause he is a big man and if he flips out he can really hurt someone but I have never ever felt more comfortable that nothing like that would never ever happen. He is actually the most kind hearted person I have ever met and he wouldn’t hurt a fly. Most people think do think that people with schizophrenia are dangerous or can be and I couldn’t disagree more. He won’t take medicine cause he believes medicine is bad and he tries to beat it threw prayer but that dose not work. So sad. I love this channel cause not many people are aware of this disease and people need to know more about it. Thanks again
How is your friend doing ?
@@krest2012 for the first time he is stabilized on the right medicine in 40 yrs and is doing well. Thank god. Thanks for asking 😊
I was diagnosed with it formally in 2012 been hard...everytime I sense a hallucination coming I have been singing Take the Name of Jesus with you!! It makes the voices mad but that is okay...I also used Jesus name once to have hallucinations pushed away...I do take medicine to keep my body physically healthy and I work out with dad...also this quarantine not been the best on my mental health...I have had hallucinations from Satan the enemy of souls...so I prayed with my grandmother one morning after I felt they were coming back and God answered by sending an angel which sung the word, “peace” in a vibrato voice which sounded good...I saw no form and the voice came from outside not from inside the house I was in else I would have been startled...which I have heard my name said outlouded once in the middle of my room which did startle and made my heart race...
I hope you're doing well now
I mean if God’s got your back then what can’t you do?
AMEN!!!
My nephew is going through the same thing JUST KNOW YOUR NOT ALONE PLEASE. My nephew also PRAYS AND CALLS ON GOD 🙏🏼 TY for your comment
Thanks for your videos Lauren, you're doing a great job and it always makes me feel less alone to watch your videos. ❤️
I wish this was available sooner.Thank you for communicating the value of people with this illness and providing this information. Lost a loved one this year who resisted treatment and I know it was a direct result of stigma and misinformation. Thank you endlessly for your transparency and strength.
Great video. Thank you so much for being a positive role model for people experiencing this condition. You must be giving so many people so much hope. 💜
Thank you Lauren for these videos! Its inspiring! I agree with so much of what your saying in them and about stigma. I battle with that, and the self imposed stigma, instead of self acceptance. I struggle with who and when to disclose my illness to. So here I am in your comments admitting I have this condition or diagnosis. I would be considered "high functioning" or well presenting as you say. With the medication, therapy and support at home and at work, and also my faith, I feel I am living a meaningful and productive life, yes, living well with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder! I am sure there are more out there that feel the same way!
honestly you've really helped me learning more about this, sometimes im afraid that i will have this sometimes in my life.. who ever is reading this.. you are not alone !
Thank you for your videos. I am a counselor who works with individuals living with psychotic spectrum and delusional disorders.
As we do not receive adequate training during school (neither during my M.S. nor PhD programs in Clinical Mental Health Counseling) in working with such individuals while experiencing acute phases of psychotic episodes, my approach has always been intuitive.
My instinct has always lead me to first validate, then attempt to deescalate via applying basic skills to build trust and rapport with the individual to help lessen levels of fear. It sounds very simple, and that is the intention.
It seems to work, in most cases, though your videos serve to validate that I am doing the right thing, at the right tim.
My rationale has always been to try to avoid further complicating the situation. Hence, the simplicity. It is reassuring to know that my instincts have lead me in the right direction, as I receive very little feedback from my superiors.
Lauren you’re amazing! Thanks for creating these videos, they are so helpful for building our community ❤️
Even though I do not have this particular mental illness. I still have anxiety and panic attacks. You help all of us with mental illness and give back meaning to life. I applaud you for being so courageous and taking the time to make these educational videos. As a nurse, we all need this very informative material coming not only from a patient's perspective, but also the facts. Thank you again and for your partner's part in filming, editing and his wonderful support. You have given hope to people who may not otherwise had any. God Bless you.
MyHelga1 hey I want to able to talk to you because I feel like no-one wants to listen to me
I believe normalizing the experience is detrimental to the holistic health of the experiencer, as well people getting to know the voice hearer as a individual and not as a mentally ill person. someone "taking interest in the voice hearer as a person" as it says in 50 stories of recovery. there are so many ways to balance yourself when dealing with symptomology and we all have our bad days, just some of them are internal stress that no one other than a supportive person could understand. great video! and I'm glad I discovered this channel!
Keep up the good work with these videos. They really mean a lot to me. You're a true inspiration.
Love your videos! Thank you for bringing light with your platform 🖤
Thank you Lauren for the information and demystification of schizophrenia (Schizoaffective disorder, I have been around a long time and dealing with this before the evolution of the DSM to DSM - 5) as well as allowing people to see what it is like for you. I appreciate you very much.
This channel is so good! My grandma had schizophrenia, she passed away when I was 8 and I didn’t know she had mental health issues until years after she had passed.
Learning about the illness helps me understand her and my mother much better. Thank you!
What was the cause of her death?
I have it too Loren and I'm sorry you went through such a bad experience at the hospital. I have been treated by police and nurses the same way. Your pain helps to define you and I pray that it helps you find the balance you are looking for. You are a special girl and nurses who are solely concerned with power struggles are not worth you attention. You have a good man and whenever you are in doubt believe in him because we don't have all the answers 100% of the time. There is no physical pain in mental illness so it creeps up on us before we know what is happening. In this world there are so many things that can go wrong and solutions can be hard to come by. Stay on the narrow path. God bless.
Thank you both for your honest & open talk about mental illness in general. You touched my heart. I wish you both, the best of times in the future. I & my daughter fight with mental illness everyday. Take care of each other is the best advice. Thanks for your time on this!
This woman is amazing. As someone living with this ,she hitthe nail on the head with those topics. I myself am regarded on first glance as "well" but i assure you i have my moments that i can manage but somtimes i need my supports help, mainly with helping me to ground myself. But im at a point in my journey where im managing more for myself that the future has become exciting for me. It wont be long until i can reach my full potential in a way i never knew exsisted for me and all this has been achieved by an holistic approach me and my saviour/support have come up with. So far its working for me, and it wont be long until im working in a role of a lived experiance in mental health peer support worker,just gotta be rid of this pesky corona virus pandemic before anyone can do anything . But yes, this woman has been beneficial and helpful for me
Lauren.
Like your films because it is helpful, insightful, educating, convey personal real experiences, informative as well.
Please do it more often. At least once on the beginning and end of your film.
It makes so many people feel better.
It can melt icebergs.
Please...
Your smile !
Your videos are helping me get through a major episode, and I plan on making some videos on my channel dealing with some of the... "issues" I've had as well. Thank you so much Lauren!
You are very brave person and thank you so much for puting this sensitive issue in public. Mental illnesses public awareness is extremely important to shift public opinion specially about schizophrenia.
Thank you for your videos !!!
Wow amazing production value!, nice improvement, good job! Keep the good work I love getting to understand mental health better and remove the stigma and prejudice. You are doing an impressive job. Keep it up! big hug!
Hello Lauren,
I'm 66. I had schizophrenia three times having delusions of grandeur and hospitalised May 1987 aged 33, October 1988 and November 2007 but with stress induced psychosis. In my case no matter what professors of psychiatry or clinical psychologists with Ph.D.'s might and will say there is nothing in my DNA that trigged my psychotic episodes. It was extreme stress when I became 100% isolated in, let's say, my bedroom. I just added a sentence but deleted it about my immediate environment at the time not dissimilar to what it is right now as I type this comment to you. In my case I had no awareness whatsoever that I was psychotic and in every case of the three episodes it wasn't till I had left hospital that I became aware of what had just happened to me.
Wishing you the very best, :)
Peter Nolan. Ph.D.(physics). Dublin. Ireland.
Schizophrenia is an illness with chronic symptoms. Are you sure you weren't misdiagnosed? There are other conditions which can involve episodes of psychosis, such as Bipolar 1 Disorder.
I SO appreciate you and your channel. I work on an inpatient mental health unit and I am a PMHNP student. Thank you for your perspective and for sharing your journey
Thank you SO Much for these videos, they have helped me immensely since my wifes' recent diagnosis! The good news is, she's been on her medication for about a month now, and is doing MUCH better. Your videos have helped me through 4 very challenging weeks, given me peace and hope that it was going to get better, and helpful information for what to do/expect in the future! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Be blessed. :-)
Benjamin Allen You are a great husband for being by her side. This means the WORLD to her. This is everything. Thank you for being this awesome.
@@rabiaalaroui Thank you for those kind words. She is worth it! :-)
Hugs. Thanks for being a good man. This can be a very scary illness. I had psychosis once from a medicine and it was traumatizing. My husband was not helpful hateful in fact. I was so scared and had no one. I pulled myself out and got rid of stressors and most all my debt within a year. Still battling anxiety but I will get there. Best wishes to you both.
What medication does she take if you dont mind? Im struggling
My husband too is my support. You are a great person
Thank you for your videos. I have used them to educate my friends about my schizophrenia. I have been med compliant for the first time in the past year. I am a full time college student and your videos inspire me that i can do it.
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for your reassurance from a professional and first person point of view.
Amazing, as ever. Thank you for these videos. They are more helpful than you can imagine.
On the causes: As you say, we have no definitive answer but we are aware of common factors that may influence.
Hereditary: Seems likely or at the very least makes an individual predisposed to the condition.
Time of birth: A larger proportion of people with schizophrenia were born in Winter.
Place of birth/early childhood: The larger the town/city, the higher the per-capita incidence.
Stress: Curiously, not always a major or traumatic event but habituation to multiple small but abnormal stresses in childhood.
My stepdaughter checks all the boxes. Her mother was (later diagnosed) bipolar, alcoholic and swang from super high-energy to aggressive depression.
She was born in November and brought up in a large, busy town.
Stress: From the time I first knew her (she was 8 or 9) she always did her best to please her mum. Keeping her room clean, vacuuming the carpets, washing dishes and the like. Praise, any praise from her mum was like gold to her and she would proudly announce her efforts.
Such efforts were not always met with praise. The negative response could vary from an indifferent 'Oh yea' to a very aggressive 'I didn't ask you to do that, who said you could?' The hurt was was all too clear on the child's face. She would retreat to her room and emerge later in a very cautious, timid state. The child had no way of knowing how to please her mother, something she was desperate to do. Add to that the very obvious preference her mother showed to the other daughter, and you have one very confused child.
Did this trigger schizophrenia? We all have that second voice in the form of conscience. Did her mother's widely unpredictable responses to her daughter's good actions lead to the development of multiple viewpoints, multiple coping strategies, and multiple voices? Pure speculation on my part on what is absolutely an anecdotal case.
I love your videos. Your messages really give me hope. I don’t have Schizophrenia but I believe a lot of the things you talk about are relevant to mental health in all aspects. I have CPTSD and severe anxiety and severe depression. With all the trauma I have experienced sometimes I feel hopeless but your messages really made a difference!!
These insights are so informative! Thank you for sharing with us!
Love the new production value. Go team!
Thank you for this video, and great job! I found it to be very informative and helpful. May god bless you on your continued journey with mental health!
This is an excellent video, thank you. I've bookmarked it and will refer people to it when they don't understand what schizophrenia means. It is a simple and clear explanation that addresses many of the misconceptions.
You really are incredible 👏👏👏👏👏you should be an ambassador for mental health x your so clear and engaging x keep up the good work xxx
Thank you for your videos. I recently got my dna sequenced and this popped up. So I'm reading and listening as much as I can on this subject. I've been sober from alcohol for 27 years. Learning the symptoms made sense to so many things that happened to me before and after I quit drinking. I also listen to Robert Sapolsky on this subject. The cognitive and attention symptoms are definitely present. I don't think I had a psychosis however I could be wrong. Again, great job on videos.
Fascinating and inspiring young woman. You are likely helping more people than you realize.
Beautiful and uplifting!
Thank you ❤️
I’m so happy to know that there is someone who has an amazing heart and mind. I greatly appreciated your message and I hope to find away to live with this situation I have curiosity in future contents in your videos!! Thank-you!!
I enjoy listening an gaining knowledge from your channel. You are a very intelligent young lady. Wish you much success!
A great message and inspire life for who suffered schizophrenia. God bless you, Thank you.
I'm very glad to see you making videos again. Did you get your demonetization figured out? I've heard other people that I follow here on RUclips have been demonetized or their comments have been shut off and it seems to be mainly the people talking about mental illnesses and fighting stigma about them. Also on a separate note I just read an article on how encephalitis can't be often misdiagnosed for schizophrenia and bipolar. Just thought that might be useful information oh, but the only way to test for it as a spinal tap at the moment. but the only way to test for schizophrenia at the moment is basically a frontal lobotomy to get a small sample to check for a specific protein in the brain which is also the same protein in Alzheimer's brains.
Thank you so much for this video. Your impact to the world is so powerful, you don't know how much this is helped my family.
Thank you for this excellent description of what the illness is and is not! I have a 49 year old son with schizophrenia and you would never now he has it unless he’s having a stressful day and he’s hearing voices.
Thank you for your videos lauren.
Keep making videos! Love your work!
I love the term "well presenting" as opposed to "higher functioning" - this can definitely be applied to other mental illnesses or disabilities where people might commonly use the term "higher/lower functioning" to describe a person's behavior or condition. This term has always made me a bit uneasy, but I have never been presented with an alternative that really worked as a synonym. So thank you!
Also, what would be a better way to phrase "lower functioning"? "Non-well presenting?" Or is there another term you would use?
Just found your channel and I am finding your videos to be very informative. Definitely a new subscriber! 💙
Overtly symptomatic? That is softer than lower functioning or severely impaired.
Lauren you are the best example of someone turning a negative into a positive that I have seen. You are amazing.
Thank you, Lauren. So grateful for your outstanding videos. :)
I don't tell people my symptoms when I have them, but people can tell I'm struggling in general
Some times it's worth not telling to such people, who are just inhumans.
But at the same time, you need to discuss this with some right kind of people, who are basically kind & courteous..right??
This was very well done! I think it will help a great many people.
You are amazing! You are so smart and so strong then I really feel proud of you! And I believe in your great future!
Great video! Thank you for the information!!! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for being COURAGEOUS for the greater education and helping others. BLESS YOU🥰❤
Thank you for explaining the facts and symptoms to scitzophrenia, hopefully more people will be educated about this. Thank you.😃
Hi! Thanks a lot for your your videos. We need to understand the illness to understand our loved ones💐
Came across your page.
this year I came close to taking my own life, my doctor recommended me doing this and I agreed too it. 5th treatment in & I’m feeling 50xs better than I did a few months ago. 5 or 3 more treatments, than I’ll be 100%....
Very helpful. I deeply recommend this. I am a communication student at the end of my semester, but just now I am teaching some psychiatry nurses who want to meet another psychiatrist from Norwegian to explain about the treatments and steps within.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. Videos like these help reduce the stigma.
Thank you so much for being brave and helping me understand more about schizophrenia.
Thanks for the video very informative and well put together as well!
having been diagnosed with schizophrenia, i know how the stigma can make people feel, unfortunately i don't think i received the right diagnosis, and consequently have imposter syndrome. I've been living with mental health problems over 20 years now, and these kind of channels, are a god send, young people bring so much hope to the world, helping break stigma like this amazing lady and many others, it's something to really be thankful for in hard times
I’m struggling with Schizophrenia for more than 4 years now . I’m taking my medication but one thing I’m not happy about is that my own family and friends don’t know I’m with this condition but instead think that I’m somehow crazy . Much Love from The Gambia, West Africa .
There just ignorant hope things get better for you
You are not alone brother. I hope u are doing good
@@freedomeagle7005 I'm doing good brother and thank you !
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Wishing you strength, love and Light 💕💕
My husband has schizophrenia and these videos help me understand him better. I love him
You are amazing Lauren, keep up the great work.
Thank you for making this💕
These videos helps me so much to understand better the behavior of a friend of mine.. I wan to help him, in the best way i can. After watching your videos i get better grasp on how should i behave in regards of my friend ups and downs..Thank you for sharing such great information!
You are a great advocate, and spokesperson. Thank you.
About the number 8 (sch being contagious).
At the Psychopathology classes our professor mentioned that during a prolonged exposure and close relationship with a person who has sch. The other person can develop schizophrenia-like symptoms and they can be quite difficult to cure sometimes. A term for this is Folie a deux (madness of two).
So just to clarify, the other person can't develop schizophrenia, but can develop schizophrenia-like symptoms that might persist for a relatively long time even after the separation from the individual who is suffering from schizophrenia.