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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
Great to have you join in tonight for the event tonight @Patchworks
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
To kick things off with our first question for @RiverSeal:
So that we can all have the same understanding for this discussion,
What is schizophrenia?
& for the community: What are your experiences with schizophrenia?
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
Thanks for joining in @maddison
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
I have an interest in this topic, as I am a carer/ support person for someone with diagnosis of schizophrenia. I am mid 40s and I think mostly identify as her she / sometimes I don't feel that gender is identity?!
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
Schizophrenia:
Schizophrenia is a syndrome which may include a range of symptoms in individuals including positive, negative, and cognitive.
Positive: psychotic symptoms are added to someone, that don’t usually exist
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Disorganised behaviour
- Disorganised speech
- Catatonic behaviour
Negative mental symptoms are taken from someone
- a seeming lack of interest in the world
- not wanting to interact with other people (social withdrawal)
- an inability to feel or express pleasure (anhedonia)
- an inability to act spontaneously
- decreased sense of purpose
- lack of motivation (avolition)
- not talking much
- difficulty speaking due to disorganized thinking (alogia)
Negative physical symptoms are taken from someone
- an inexpressive or blank face (flat affect)
- monotone or monosyllabic speech
- lack of gesturing when communicating
- lack of eye contact
- physical inactivity
Cognitive: are changes in the way your mind functions
- disorganized thinking
- slow thinking
- difficulty understanding
- poor concentration
- poor memory
- difficulty expressing thoughts
- difficulty integrating thoughts, feelings and behaviour
Schizoaffective Disorder:
Schizoaffective disorder is having a combination of schizophrenia (cognitive disorder) and bipolar or depression (mood disorders)
Schizophrenia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment & pathology
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
I think you are in @Millielulu , can you see these messages?
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
Hi @Millielulu, it looks like you are logged in 😊 You are in the right place - for the event, just continue to 'refresh' the page and you will see new the responses that come through 🙂
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Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST
@Millielulu it looks like you are already logged in. this thread is the special event so welcome!
@TideisTurning and @RiverSeal I have had some of the positive, negative and cognitive symptoms. I find the hallucinations and delusion can be very distressing. The negative symptoms make life hard to tolerate sometimes.