Schizophrenia

             something that is normally absent. .
             There are still more symptoms. These are ones that affect the person's emotions, .
             interest, and energy. The person may have the wrong emotions where they would react .
             opposite to a situation than what would be expected. They may laugh at something horrible or cry at something funny. They may have or show no emotions at all. The person can become withdrawn, and isolate themselves. They might avoid social situations. These are negative symptoms. This is where something normally present is absent. .
             Their speech and behavior may also be affected due to the interference in their thoughts. Their words may be disorganized and their ideas unconnected. They might even make up words. They tend to be very distracted and show not much of an attention span. Their behavior can be very unusual, too. They may stay in the same position for hours at a time or they may be very wild, not able to keep still. .
             Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder. It can last from six months to a lifetime. It usually lasts for a long time. People suffering from this disease experience symptoms on and off. Sometimes they may appear to be normal and other times their symptoms may be very obvious. Schizophrenia has been split into different types. Most often five different types, which are catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, undifferentiated, and residual schizophrenia. Catatonic is categorized by strange patterns of motor behavior. The person usually changes between rigid immobility and wild excitement. Disorganized behavior includes symptoms of severely disordered thinking. Their language may be incoherent and they may show unusual emotional expression (Psychology Second Edition). They may also experience delusions. Paranoid schizophrenia is mostly the .
             experience of delusions of persecution. The person may also be argumentative or .
             violent. Undifferentiated schizophrenia is where they experience many or most of the symptoms of this disorder.