schizophrenia
Schizophrenia 101; look beyond the pop culture portrayals and learn the reality behind this oft-stigmatized mental illness.
India's Youngest Psychokiller - Amarjeet Sada
Psychopathy is A trait that researchers are researching even today. If we see the book's definition of it then it is a trait that makes a person very insensitive, unemotional, and morally depraved. A psychopath has feelings toward anything. Not even for humans. This is why they don't think before doing anything or taking any action. Even if it is something serious like murder. Psychopaths become so out of touch with reality that they don't even realize that what they're doing is a crime. It's an offence, he's hurting someone. Just like this, during medical treatment, a psychologist showed her patient the picture of a scared person, just to see how he reacts. He says, "I don't know about this emotion but when I kill a person, stab them than before dying, they look like this." And just like this, there's a similar crazy story of Amarjeet Sada. But the most surprising element of this story is that the murderer in this story is an 8-year-old child who has done not 1, not 2, but 3 murders! And the age of all the victims was less than 6 years. In the District Begusarai in Bihar, there's a small village named 'Mushahari'. The speciality of this village is that there are a lot of children in this village, who play and study together. The people of this village do manual labour and try to make a living. Many people drop their children off at school, and then go to pick them up in the evening after finishing their work. Something similar happens with Chunchun Devi and her daughter Khushboo of 6 months. Chunchun Devi used to drop off her daughter at school every morning and then pick her up in the evening. But one day, when Chunchun Devi went to pick up her daughter, Khushboo couldn't be seen anywhere. She's a mother, so she would be concerned, right? Now when such a small daughter gets lost somewhere, then you can understand how a mother must be feeling. She becomes worried and becomes crazy. She starts asking everyone, 'Have you seen my daughter? Have you seen Khushboo? But, no one has seen her. After some time, a member of the Sada family comes to her and tells her that maybe they know where Khushboo is. Now, both of them go to the Police Station and report this disappearance. Now, because this was the case of a small girl, the police became very active. And during the investigation, they realize that similar incidents have happened before. Not once, but twice. Meaning, that two girls are already missing from the village. When more interrogation is done, then they get to know that both these girls were members of the Sada family. Slowly the villagers get to know that not 1, not 2, but 3 girls are missing from the village. And the whole village falls into chaos. Now, the member of the Sada family who is helping the police takes them to a playground where the police meet the 8-year-old kid Amarjeet Sada for the first time. Do they ask the kid if he has seen Khushboo? But the child doesn't say anything, just smiles.
By Kushal Sharma4 years ago in Psyche
A life with Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people have an abnormal interpretation of reality. Schizophrenia can cause hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that interfere with daily functioning and can be disabling.
By tabinda khalid4 years ago in Psyche
Artist Louis Wain's Descent Into Schizophrenia Was Documented Through His Art
Recently, I came across a TikTok video that showed a few drawings made by mental asylum patients. Intrigued, I researched more and stumbled upon Louis Wain. Louis Wain was a popular English artist who had a progressive mental decline following the death of his wife, Emily Richardson. He was diagnosed with Schizophrenia when he was 57 years old. He was best known for his anthropomorphic cat illustrations. Following his descent into Schizophrenia, his art began to deviate from his usual style. His cat drawings began to seem distorted with so many shapes, colours, and patterns. It came to the point where it was impossible to identify the cat in his drawings. I felt so sad looking at his drawings. A picture is worth a thousand words and the way he was slowly losing his mind could be seen in his drawings. Let’s take a look at Louis Wain’s life and the progression of his Schizophrenia through his cat drawings.
By Dharrsheena Raja Segarran4 years ago in Psyche
Did you know they still use Electric Shock Therapy?
In the summer of 2020 I had the worst manic-psychotic episode of my 16 years dealing with Schizoaffective Disorder. I went from full blown manic to catatonic (the most severe symptom of depression). It happened in less than 72 hours, something that is theoretically impossible. My husband was faced with a terrible choice. He had to apply for temporary-immediate guardianship to allow him to consent to a treatment that I had told him I never wanted. ECT or Electroconvulsive Therapy was used for many years unethically in things like Gay Conversion Therapy. It was once famous for its controversy, perceived as brutal and is depicted in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as torture.
By Katherine Nesbitt4 years ago in Psyche
Schizophrenia
This piece is about mental health awareness and the struggle many people face every single day. It is not meant as a diagnostic tool or to give any medical advice whatsoever. Every individual has their own story and their own treatment plan, so even if you see part of yourself in this piece, it's vital that you seek the help of a trained professional. It IS okay not to be okay.
By Analise Dionn5 years ago in Psyche
Be Careful of the Howler
by: Dennis R. Humphreys Scientists have been studying the human mind for years. The one thing they found consistently, is that is an amazing result of evolution. Whether individual, or multiple brains acting as one, they can generate different outcomes than expected. They can increase occurrences when the odds dictate otherwise. When flipping a coin for heads or tails, normally you get a fifty, fifty chance for either coming up. When a person concentrates his attention on the outcome being heads the number recorded can be something more like fifty one percent heads, forty nine percent tails. It isn't a big difference but it's a measurable difference that demands attention. The power of the mind is not fully understood but the best example is what hypnosis is able to achieve... many times it isn't just measurable but there's a physical outcome in reality.
By Dennis Humphreys5 years ago in Psyche
