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Schizophrenia Essay

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I have always been interested in my pattern of thinking. Often I have always thought that people don’t use their imagination as much as I do. I have always been into the darker side of life, watching horror movies and listening to heavy metal etc. Obviously this is all fantasy though; demons aren’t really going to rip me to pieces like in the movies. Some people can’t differentiate reality from fantasy though. I know in my head that I am able to think like most psychopaths but I am able to tell the difference between right and wrong. What I mean by that is I understand where they’re coming from and how they see the world because at times I feel that way. I want to why I am able to control my thoughts (as sick as they may be) and actions …show more content…

This seems to make more sense since fear is something based on a person place or thing that brought out some frightful experience. The problem with this theory though is that it doesn’t explain random fears or lack of fear in certain traumatic situations. Overall it still holds better than Freud’s theory.
There are certain disorders that are linked to different types of fear. They are called phobias. But is there a name for someone with a complete lack of fear?
The most common occurrence of someone with a lack of fear is a person with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder that affects over 2 million people in our population. Those diagnosed with this disease have been shown to be completely out of touch with reality and the world around them. On a positive note, this disorder has an extremely low rate of genetic inheritance. If one of your parents had it then you only have a 10 percent chance of getting it. If no one in your family has had it then your chances drop to about one percent.
Schizophrenia, like many physiological disorders, takes complete control of the brain and causes some undesirable effects in someone’s life. Reality becomes distorted and certain aspects of your personality begin to change (if they haven’t already). The first signs may occur as early as 17 years of age in males, and mid-twenties to early thirties in females.

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