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He went to a regular doctor and told him about Visions, which are basically vivid dreams and got diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The doctor is always right you say?
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: OtherSideOfTheCoin
Yet that is what we've been told happened. Maybe it wasn't in the UK.
The OP states a doctor diagnosed him as having schizophrenia.
How are you qualified to dismiss this diagnosis?
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
Threads like this make me uncomfortable on ATS, its just a subject I have never seen dealt with particularly well, I also think that some replies can be damaging to those who are living with a mental illness.
If you have been diagnosed with schizophrenia then as much as the stigma around that might suck then you most likely do have the condition. Having "visions" is not normal, there has never been any actual proof that any individuals can actually have any kind of vision, be it to tell the future or commune with paranormal beings. In almost all cases it is the result of a psychotic event or other cognitive condition.
If that is happening to you it is vital that you speak with a doctor and get the help you need.
I wish you well OP, I hope you get better soon.
Unlike virtually every other mental illness, schizophrenia is fairly unique in that its first onset is nearly always in young adulthood — not childhood or as a teen, and rarely after one’s 30s. Most people who are diagnosed with schizophrenia have their first symptoms and episode in their 20s — early to mid-20s for men, a little later (late-20s) for women.
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: OtherSideOfTheCoin
Come on please. An illness starts when someone is suffering. To diagnose every slightly outside the norm thought as schizophrenic makes the whole profession a joke.
originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: OtherSideOfTheCoin
This is something I actually agree with you on.