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What Are The Symptoms Of Schizophrenia?

Hello, I am worried i may have schizophrenia. Strange things happen to me but i dont realise at the time until afterwards. these things come and go. i used to think everyone could read my mind, knew how i felt (i h suffer from depression) and everything about my life and i felt people were watching me so i stayed hidden in my room for 2 weeks. Also i thought i was being given special information saying that i should kill myself and ways in which i should do it but it could have simply been instructions on how to fix a bike. I used to think i was in a movie and my life was a movie. i also used to smell things that were not there constantly. There was a time i could smell someone and could feel their presence around me yet i had never met this person. i hate people and can not trust them. These things that happen come and go by themselves. Could this be schizoprenia?
Mon, 28 Apr 2014
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Hello
Let me explain , what is SCHIZOPHRENIA ?
Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by perturbations of language, perception ,thinking, social activities affect & volition.
Patients may present with positive symptoms ( such as conceptual disorganization , delusion or hallucinations )or negative symptoms (loss of function, anhedonia decreased emotional expression, impaired concentration, and diminished social engagement ) and must have at least 2 of these for a month period and continuous signs for at least 6 months to meet formal diagnostic criteria .
Negative symptoms predominant in schizophrenic patient .
My dear read this definition three or four times and judge yourself whether you are a patient or not a patient .
Hope this information will help you .
Good luck.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Schizophrenia?

Hello Let me explain , what is SCHIZOPHRENIA ? Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by perturbations of language, perception ,thinking, social activities affect & volition. Patients may present with positive symptoms ( such as conceptual disorganization , delusion or hallucinations )or negative symptoms (loss of function, anhedonia decreased emotional expression, impaired concentration, and diminished social engagement ) and must have at least 2 of these for a month period and continuous signs for at least 6 months to meet formal diagnostic criteria . Negative symptoms predominant in schizophrenic patient . My dear read this definition three or four times and judge yourself whether you are a patient or not a patient . Hope this information will help you . Good luck.