What is schizophrenia imagination?
Patients with the schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) often report intense, vivid imagery, typically designated as obsessions, ‘pseudo-obsessions’, worries, or ruminations, etc. Apparently similar phenomena may occur in other disorders such as OCD, PTSD, anxiety and affective disorders.
Can anxiety cause voices in your head?
Stress or worry – you may hear voices while feeling very stressed, anxious or worried. Bereavement – if you have recently lost someone very close, you may hear them talking to you or feel that they are with you. This experience is very common and some people find it comforting.
Can a person with schizophrenia live independently?
With medication, most schizophrenics are able to have some control over the disorder. It is estimated that approximately 28\% of schizophrenics live independently, 20\% live in group homes, and about 25\% live with family members.
Can you just develop schizophrenia?
Although schizophrenia can occur at any age, the average age of onset tends to be in the late teens to the early 20s for men, and the late 20s to early 30s for women. It is uncommon for schizophrenia to be diagnosed in a person younger than 12 or older than 40. It is possible to live well with schizophrenia.
What triggers hearing voices?
Why do people hear voices?
- traumatic life experiences, which may be linked to post-traumatic stress disorder.
- stress or worry.
- lack of sleep.
- extreme hunger.
- taking recreational drugs, or as a side-effect of prescribed drugs.
- mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or severe depression.
How can you tell if someone has schizophrenia?
Symptoms may include:
- Delusions. These are false beliefs that are not based in reality.
- Hallucinations. These usually involve seeing or hearing things that don’t exist.
- Disorganized thinking (speech).
- Extremely disorganized or abnormal motor behavior.
- Negative symptoms.