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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 

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? 

Re: Topic Tuesday// Living a Meaningful and Fulfilling Life with Schizophrenia// Tues 31st May, 2022 7-8:30PM AEST

Thanks for joining in @maddison 

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?!

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 

 

Healthline - Schizophrenia 

 

What is Schizoaffective Disorder? 

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

I think you are in @Millielulu , can you see these messages?

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 🙂 

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.

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