paranoid schizophrenic

[Monk]

@Khumar

not yet PG. But i do have a undergrad in psych =)

1. i haven’t had the chance to observe something like this myself to be honest. it might be because my focus wasn’t so much in abnormal, but more in development. but even then i haven’t had anyone tell me such a thing either

2. it’s discouraged. the first thing we learned in first year was to not diagnose yourself and others because we aren’t qualified. a professional takes 4 years of undergrad, and then 4+ years of phd/med to become qaulified. so an undergrad just familiarizes you with the topic, tells you about all the abnormalities but that doesn’t mean you can treat yourself. it’s the same case with med students. they get a sniffle and think they are suffering from rhinitis or something more serious but at the same time, i think once you start studying psychology, it makes you mmore in tune with things. makes you aware of your surroundings ie depression, anorexia, possible reasons behind things like that.

pick up the DSMIV sometimes. it’s basically the holy bible of disorders. imagine flipping through that

3. i hadn’t had the chance to do any clinical things myself, since like i siad, i was just an undergrad. but i did have the chance to meet an actual schizophrenic once in teh hospital. and he clearly was a shizophrenic. he was very nice, but you cuoldn’t understand a word he said because his speech was disorganized – one of the symptoms of schizophrenia. at the same time, i kinda helped a guppy quit smoking () but that doesn’t mean he was abnormal. it was just a behaviour that needed modification, and i helped in that.

I can imagine. I use to look at my father’s medicine book though, all those filthy/deforming skin/limb diseases don’t scare me But stuff about brain is more scary.

I sit many time by cousin while he was interviewing mildly schizophrenic patients.
And then he gave me tour in ward where they held acute patients.
They looked very calm, my cousin told me they were heavily drugged. He also said most of them if left open would be considered possessed. Do you believe in possession??

You want to know the funniest part ?? That same cousin ,when he was young, saw some strange figures moving around fire out in the opne, in their farm.