Can schizophrenics see the future?
Thus, we suggest that patients with schizophrenia fail to correctly predict the future: They fail to predict, and thereby suppress, sensations resulting from their own actions and thoughts, and they fail to predict future events based on the current context of events.
Why do people with schizophrenia look in the mirror?
Background: In normal observers gazing at one’s own face in the mirror for some minutes, at a low illumination level, triggers the perception of strange faces, a new perceptual illusion that has been named ‘strange-face in the mirror’.
Is it possible to access other dimensions of schizophrenia?
No. Even if it were possible to access other dimensions, and even if people with schizophrenia were more likely to do this that others, this would not account for the disruption and functional impairments, and/or suffering which are part of the diagnosis. Unusual beliefs and experiences alone do not meet criteria for the diagnosis.
Can a person with schizophrenia have multiple personalities?
Most people with schizophrenia suffer from symptoms either continuously or intermittently throughout life and are often severely stigmatized by people who do not understand the disease. Contrary to popular perception, people with schizophrenia do not have “split” or multiple personalities and most pose no danger to others.
What does it feel like to have schizophrenia?
To the person experiencing them, however, they may seem real, urgent, and vivid. Roughly 70\% of people with schizophrenia will experience hallucinations. Auditory hallucinations are most commonly experienced by people with schizophrenia and may include hearing voices—sometimes multiple voices — or other sounds like whispering or murmuring.
Can people with schizophrenia distinguish between reality and hallucinations?
It is very important for carers and friends and relatives to appreciate that although they are hallucinations, it is impossible for the person with schizophrenia to distinguish them from reality. They are not imagining it or making it up: to them it is very real and often no amount of reasoning will convince the person otherwise.