In the sight of the public, non-consensual experiences such as seeing visions or hearing voices are synonymous with being insane. ... When having a mystical experience, individuals do Pittman 4 not seem to actively process the information. ... Since God is suprasensorial we can eliminate anyone's being in the presence of God if the person hears audible voices or sees describable images (Chimento, 1997). ... Although we may vocalize to God, either in the form of thoughts or prayers, it is only when we hear voices coming back that we should be concerned, because more often than ...

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There are three stage of symptoms: prodromal, active, and residual. ... In the active or acute phase positive and negative symptoms may appear. ... You should contact 911 if you feel that you are going to harm yourself or someone else, you hear voices telling you to kill yourself or someone else, if someone you know with schizophrenia has severe symptoms of schizophrenia that are keeping them from seeking help. ...

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P may have delusions of persecution (sees himself as the target of hostile forces) and/or delusions of grandeur (P sees herself as having great powers and/or importance) Other disorders of thought: C Thinking becomes confused and disorganized C Inability to stay focused on one topic Disorders of attention: C inability to concentrate; P easily distracted by irrelevant stimuli C P may experience difficulty focusing on a single chain of events Verbal behavior anomalies: C Incoherent strings of words ("word salad") C Neologisms (made-up words) Disorders of emotion: C Can r...

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For instance, researchers know that when performing a simple task, such as reading a list of words, the brains of people with schizophrenia are less active in some areas than brains of people without schizophrenia. ... The most commonly experienced hallucination is hearing voices. Often a person hears more than one voice at a time. Many times, the voices tell him/her what to do or comment on what she/he is doing. ...

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For example, schizophrenics often converse with the people they "see" or the voices they "hear", which appears to others as though the person is talking to themselves and causes others to feel uncomfortable and that person, thus avoiding them. ... These are the major symptoms of this type: Active behavior, but in an aimless and not constructive way Bizarre and inappropriate emotional responses (laughter) Difficulty feeling pleasure False, fixed beliefs (delusions) Grimacing Lack of motivation Seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations) Strange or silly ...

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At an early age I gained insight on how society is not always accepting to those individuals considered to be "unusual." Growing up, I was not able to understand why my uncle's behaviors were so different from other adults; however, as I got older I became knowledgeable of his mental illness. He had...

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