for a person who suffers from a delusion to be “talked out of it” , for a person who suffers a delusion believes that it is truly real. (Smith, 1992, p.53 ) Although appearing humorous to society, delusions such as this can create emotional confusion and phsycial pain in the brain for the victim. Many delusions also involve belief to the schizophrenic that it is possible to control the minds of others, or that other people have the ability to their mind and innermost thoughts. This belief may explain a schizophrenic’s feelings of fear and seclusion among strangers. ( Young, 1988, p.25 ) The other most common symptom among schizophrenics are hallucinations. Hallucinations are hearing, seeing, or sensing something that in reality doesn’t exist. There are two main types of hallucinations: Auditory hallucinations and visual hallucinations. Auditory hallucinations involve the hearing of nonexistent voices and can occur occassionally or occur often. Visual hallucinations involve distortions of the senses. A schizophrenic, for example, may taste or smell something that in reality, doesn’t exist. ( Szasz, 1982, p.19 ) Another symptom of schizophrenia is chaotic speech. Chaotic speech is a term used to describe the disordered and disorganized thoughts and speech patterns that a schizophrenic may have. Conversations and statements are often disconnected, irrelevant, and may make no sense to the listener. ( Smith, 1992, p.24 ) Among the most common symptoms already discussed are other existing evidence that may help determine if a person is a schizophrenic or not. This existing evidence include an array of symptoms that include deep apathy, indifferent and uncaring attitudes towards others, a lack of curiousity, no emotions, and a loss of interest in social interractions. A schizophrenic in result, will often completely cut himself / herself off emotionally and physically from the world. Even interactions with lov...
