Paranoid schizophrenia is the most com



In the Right State of MindBy Courtney AdkinsWhat if a person lost their mind? Would they we be trapped inside of the mind? Would their reality become something different? If a person have schizophrenia, most of the time they can’t control their mind. Schizophrenics are trapped in an alternate reality that is all in their mind. Thus having no control of the mind, it throws off the balance of the soul.Schizophrenia is “a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought (delusions), perception (hallucinations), and behavior” (“Schizophrenia”). Schizophrenia makes people see and hear things that are not really there. In other words, their reality is not really theirs anymore. The hallucinations take control, thus in theory someone is ‘trapped’ within their own mind without any control whatsoever. What most people do not know is that there are different types of Schizophrenia; five to be exact. “Different subtypes of schizophrenia are defined according to the most significant and predominant characteristics present in each person at each point in time. The result is that one person may be diagnosed with different subtypes over the course of his illness” (Bengston). The different subtypes of Schizophrenia are: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual. Cite that info, then end with a commentary sentenceParanoid schizophrenia is the most common type of schizophrenia. Those suffering from paranoid schizophrenia mainly have hallucinations. “They tend to believe that others are poisoning, harassing, or plotting against them. They may also hear voices, which order them to do things” (“Paranoid”). Paranoid schizophrenia is what most people are familiar with; people seeing and hearing things that are not there. People usually believe that paranoid schizophrenics are very violent and dangerous, which is completely not true. People with paranoid schizophrenia usually want to be left alone. In some cases, people with paranoid schizophrenia can also be dangerous. “Many patients end up in jail either because of their behavior or because of a lack of knowledge of psychotic disorders on the part of others” (Mazcuri). So based on this, paranoid schizophrenics can go either way, they can either by violent or they want to be left alone.Disorganized schizophrenia deals with unusual thought processes and disorganized thoughts. “Some patients with this type of schizophrenia experience ‘thought blocking’, a condition in which the person stops abruptly in the middle of a thought’ (“Disorganized”). People with disorganized schizophrenia tend to stop in the middle of a thought; they say that it is like someone plucked the thought right out of their head. People with disorganized schizophrenia also tend to make up unintelligible words (“Disorganized”). It is almost like disorganized schizophrenics come up with their very own language.Catatonic schizophrenia has to do more with movement than anything else. “People with catatonic schizophrenia can be clumsy and uncoordinated. They may also show involuntary movements, grimacing, or unusual mannerisms. They may repeat certain motions over and over or, in extreme cases, may become catatonic. Catatonia is a state of immobility and unresponsiveness” (“Catatonic”). Sometimes these schizophrenics can stay still for a long time. Differentiated schizophrenia is diagnosed when people have signs of schizophrenia, but they are not developed enough to put them into any other specific subtype. “The symptoms of any one person can fluctuate at different points in time, resulting in uncertainty as to the correct subtype classification (Bengston). As this states, schizophrenics with differentiated schizophrenia have many different characteristics that are found in all different types of schizophrenia.Residential schizophrenia is usually diagnosed when people don’t should any obvious symptoms. “Hallucinations, delusions or idiosyncratic behaviors may still be present, but their manifestations are significantly diminished in comparison to the acute phase of the illness” (Bengston). Imagine residential schizophrenia as remission for a cancer patient. In The Canon of Medicine, Avicenna described a condition somewhat resembling the symptoms of schizophrenia which he called Junun Mufrit (severe madness), which he distinguished from other forms of madness such as mania, rabies and manic depressive psychosis (“Schizophrenia”). “Schizophrenia was identified as a distinct mental disorder by Emil Krepelinym. He first held the brink, defined psychotic disorder that he then called dementia prekoks, and manic depression. Krepelin thought that dementia is primarily a disease of the brain, as a form of dementia that is different from other forms, such as Alzheimer's disease, occur more commonly in old age” (“Schizophrenia”). Schizophrenia is a disease of the mind. According to the philosopher Plato, the soul is split up into 3 parts; Logos (mind/intellect), Thymos (emotion), and Eros (desire). This states that the mind is part of the soul. Personality is defined by the harmony of Logos, Thymos, and Eros (Foley). “The soul is the first actuality of a natural body that is potentially alive” (Aristotle). According to Avicenna, perception is reality and perception is of the soul. (Foley) Theoretically, when a person has schizophrenia their mind is not their own. When a disease of the mind is put into play, the Logos, Thymos, and Eros harmony is thrown off-balance. When the harmony is thrown off, the personality is also thrown off. Since the mind is in part of the soul, the whole soul is thrown off. If perception is reality, then that means that you have lack of perception or that your perception is therefore trapped within your own mind thus throwing off the entire make-up of the soul. In conclusion, everything connects together. If a person loses control of the mind, the soul is thrown off balance. Schizophrenia is one key to madness. A person is trapped in their own mind because they have no control of their reality, thus they must sit back and watch the disease take over their own reality. Since the mind is part of the whole, if the mind is corrupt then the harmony is thrown off, in turn throwing the soul off. It is possible to be trapped in the mind, because perception is reality and reality isn’t controlled by that person anymore. Bengston, Michael. "Types of Schizophrenia." Psych Central. N.p., Sept. 2011. Web. 18 Jan. 2012."Schizophrenia." 1. Merriam-Webster. 2011. Web. 18 Jan. 2012.Schoenstadt, Arthur. "Types of Schizophrenia." eMedTV. HONcode, 12 Sept. 2008. 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