What it's Like to Have Schizophrenia?

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   ptosisposted 10 years ago

   What it's Like to Have Schizophrenia?
   
   According to the book, 'Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain Hardcover by Patricia S. Churchland  on page 210 it has to do with ME vs NOT-ME distinction called an 'efference copy' timing problem when your own thoughts are perceived as NOT-ME.
   
   So does this mean that people who hears 'voices' are just not recognizing that their own internal dialogue? And what about visual hallucinations? I still don't get  where visual hallucinations are coming from.
   
   

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   delleaposted 10 years ago

   The word "schizophrenia" has become a non-specific wastebasket term covering a multitude of problems (and often covering up a vast amount of ignorance) that have but one common denominator: the inability of the counseled to function meaningfully in society because of bizarre behavior. It seems to me that we must abandon the word as misleading and confusing, particularly when its use provides such a convenient temptation for diagnostic abuse. Add to all of the other possible factors that might be mentioned the hopelessness generated by labels, the tendency of many counselled to play the role they think the label implies, the irreparable damage that cavalier use of this label by careless, irresponsible, overworked, or even malicious parties can have upon a client's future, and you have an almost airtight case for rejection of the term. As Christians look at it, a schizophrenic person is a sinner, who, according to the Bible, has been subjected by God to vanity because of his rebellion against his Creator. Sin, the violation of God's laws, has both direct and indirect consequences that account for all of the bizarre behavior of schizophrenics. That is why Christians must refuse to ignore the biblical data. From the perspective of these Scriptural data all faulty behavior (which for the Christian is behavior that does not conform to the law of God) stems ultimately from the fundamental impairment of each human being at birth in consequence of the corruption of mankind resulting from the fall. No perfect human beings are born by ordinary generation. They all inherit the fallen nature of Adam together with its organic and moral defects that lead to all faulty (including all bizarre) behavior. No aspect of a human being, no function has escaped the distorting effects of sin. To some extent, therefore, the same problems seen in schizophrenics are common to all. The differences lie in (1) what bodily functions are impaired, (2) how severely, and (3) what sinful life responses have been developed by the counselee. It is also vital to ask whether the individual is redeemed by the grace of God, since redemption involves a gradual renewal of human nature (cf. Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:10).

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