Schizophrenia

After looking into different mental illnesses we found that we liked the idea of portraying someone who had Schizophrenia. We felt we could create a unusual spin on this and we found that it relates to the rest of our ideas.

 

 

 

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder that makes people think they can hear voices that other people can't hear. They believe other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. This can terrify the person with the illness and can make them withdrawn or extremely agitated. Another example of this is that people with the disorder may not make sense when they talk. They may sit for hours without moving or talking. Sometimes people with schizophrenia seem perfectly find until they talk about what they are thinking.

 

 

 

 

The positive symptoms of schizophrenia are:

• Hallucinations
• Delusions
• Thought disorders
• Movement disorders

The negative symptoms of schizophrenia are:

• "Flat affect" - a person's face does not move or he or she talks in a dull or monotonous voice
• Lack of pleasure in everyday life
• Lack of ability to begin and sustain planned activities
• Speaking little, even when forced to interact.

 

Are people with schizophrenia violent?

 

People with schizophrenia are not usually violent. However, some symptoms are associated with violence, such as delusions of persecution. Substance abuse may also increase the change a person will become violent.

 

What about substance abuse?

 

Some people who abuse drugs show symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia. Therefore, people with schizophrenia may be mistaken for people who are affected by drugs.

 

Here is a documentary about Schizophrenia.......

 

 

 

We felt it was important to research into this in depth as we need to have a full understanding of this disorder to allow us to relay that information into our trailer and make people think she has this disorder.