Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a complicated mental health problem related to psychosis. There are lots of misconceptions about it.
But the reality is that about 1 in every 100 people gets this diagnosis at some point in their life.
There is a common misconception that people with schizophrenia have split personalities and are violent and dangerous. This is not accurate.
People with this diagnosis are much more likely to harm themselves than to harm someone else.
Common Experiences of Schizophrenia
- Hallucinations, hearing, seeing or feeling something that others can’t.
- Delusions, irrational or unfounded beliefs.
- Paranoia, generally, experiencing a sense of threat or fear of being harmed.
- Muddled thinking, finding it hard to concentrate.
- Feelings of being controlled.
- A loss of interest in life.