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[@astridbyfield2167]

Wow. I didn't know someone could have schizophrenia because of poor family interaction during childhood. Thats so sad.

[@gloriasiess1129]

After a severe weight loss in 1985 I developed signs of this disorder along with clinical depression. I was treated with haldol. It lasted about a year, then slowly vanished after I gained weight and started eating and sleeping normally, plus relaxing. I have not had symptoms since and my doctor called it acute psychosis resulting from severe depression during my divorce. It must be a living hell to live with this for a lifetime. I heard voices constantly and had some delusions. Thank God I am free of this.

[@lttrhd]

You are lucky, God bless you

[@nikicarrie4071]

❤

[@kikithepupper6774]

He kinda sounds like Smithers from The Simpsons. I love hearing him talk.

[@justinhaug6134]

Thanks, now I can’t unhear it, lol

[@opinity4773]

Imagine what humans from before the enlightenment period thought about schizophrenia. I couldn't imagine trying to explain it to anyone.

[@berndgertzu6361]

And what did they feel followed by?

[@NeuroPulse]

"dEmOnz"

[@_I.have.no.name_]

They probably thought they were possessed by demons and when they realised holy water didn't work they killed them-

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

People still think the same way only the names have changed.

[@sweethater8558]

A lot of strange comments on this video.

[@KristinLynnnnn]

This just explained everything I needed to know. Thankyou. 💕

[@nickjohn2051]

GHOST SIDE Please dont. Antidepressant drug escilatopram literally save my life. Anti psychotic risperidone literally made my world silence again from all negstive voices.

[@kistmaso8290]

Its a success pattern. Things they succeed in doing but through self defeat fail them. It would actually help alot of patients with their exploitation cases.

[@shelleyomand1231]

Nicely explained. Do you think thin myelin sheath covering on the neurons could result in the smaller size of brain areas and contribute to the condition?

[@ritusplay]

I absolutely love how clear your explanations are ,so perfect and valuable. Thank you

[@klowen7778]

Nice explanation, thx! And yeah, folks working in Mental Health or Social Services will often observe 'patterns' across the rest of the family as well, so there must be an additional 'genetic' component... aka, "The apple seldom falls far from the tree."

[@nancyaurora6802]

Thank you for the ilustraciones and clear explanation of the illness.

[@berrymilky7074]

I learned so much more about my problem now. Thanks.

[@kezzyshezzy1602]

berrymilky i hope you're doing well

[@aaymathebest4705]

berrymilky Are you suffered from sczophernia?

[@HarmanOberoi]

Quality content..hats off!❤

[@CoolestAdventures]

Great video easy to understand 😁

[@lifegoatsawn8338]

fluid filled structure..that sounds nice

[@gamingguruoz]

well explained

[@user-st5hc4or5f]

Good video; but nothing more annoying than actually having to wait for them to write the words. I like the new videos where they talk and write at the same time.

[@JohnBrown-yb1wb]

I studied psychology since 2012. I sure can explain he'll alot better than that. See I'm try to find a cure for mental illness. See we all know how brain function. But I have studied more deeper than most science and research, technology, psychiatrist.

[@JohnBrown-yb1wb]

Too low and too high dopamine and sertionin which causes symptoms from schizophrenia disorder. End of syanpse and reciptor has electric signals that miss fire. Dopamine and sertionin helps with thoughts, mood, emotions, behavior, sleep. Just like your frontal lobe and temporal lobe does exactly same thing. Once two connects dopamine and sertionin to brain lobe that helps stabilize all together.

[@JohnBrown-yb1wb]

Find me on Facebook. John brown in Indianapolis Indiana. I be happy to share with anyone about mental illness question and answer. Tell all your friends

[@getagrip7474]

@@JohnBrown-yb1wb Pushing the tongue upwards results in the sphenoid bone lodging into the brain and causes schizophrenia.

[@kyle857]

Learning about schizophrenia fro Mr. Plinkette...

[@Nico55RS]

Just want to add that the very last thing he discussed is referred to as the downward drift hypothesis. Good luck everyone.

[@NeuroPulse]

Thanks!

[@paulabiancamandap4847]

You sound like squidward from spongebob

[@explosiontony2190]

Paula Mandap lol

[@jeremyward4140]

I found it so hard to concentrate on this because of his voice. Was falling asleep.

[@sashrestha2454]

Omg he sounds so same

[@sauce5008]

@@jeremyward4140 voices like these make it easier for me to understand. The emphasis on the tone gives it a sort of symbolic slowness to it that allows me to interpret and attend to the information being given more precisely.

[@hannie_banannie2242]

I can’t unhear it

[@alexandraartzoglou2718]

How can we reference this in an essay?

[@laurenholcroft3984]

You are allowed to reference videos in essays

[@shravyasoma]

My sister is schizophrenic since 6 years.. She is under medication but is not improving at all. She has started hitting people, we are always scared

[@youtubeking2686]

My brother had the same issue. I had got so much tired that I had sent him to mental hospital for a year. Along with fear of what will happen next in the house the loss of reputation and respect in the neighbourhood is much harder to deal with.

[@Peanuts76]

as schizoprenich i understand why they become unpredictable and violent at times, that's because paranoia hallucinations, or as i experience, paranoia delusions, they feel like their ego got attacked so they become reactive to people....

[@michaelpond813]

Neuro mag. B complex and lithium oratate low dose.

[@tech2mobile481]

@@Peanuts76 are you feel like you will be judged by people for no reason while walking and feel good to spend time alone.

[@chaosdweller]

Lmao! I'm sorry about that that's awful, but u sound like u could be????? a brilliant writer as well haha, if not? I'm truly sorry, and I apologize for laughing, but that's the hardest I've laughed all day if ? it's means anything? ha.

[@SmoDesign]

Regarding the point mentioned at 12:52 about the psychosocial cause, it's no longer believed it's true. it is used to be called "schizophrenogenic mother" where family members (bw 1940-1970) thought that their early relationship w/ their children may contribute to this disorder, but then after some research, this belief was proven invalid. Source: crash course psychiatry 4th edition, pg 143

[@Kikuye]

In this talk, the speaker talks about the relationship between schizophrenia and childhood trauma. to me it makes sense. it might not be what occurs for everyone, but childhood trauma does effect the brain. And yes the talk is on DID, but a large portion of it, he's talking about schizophrenia also kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKCsamd7pdCdqMU

[@ricardobracho9567]

Thank you, great info

[@carlosalato3751]

anyone know where references are for this video? :)

[@kistmaso8290]

Or whatever fluid is responsible for dreams and cognition.

[@BatteryExhausted]

9:06

[@charlottebrown5081]

Do you have any references for what you are saying?

[@osirisisis1758]

charlotte brown who is Charlotte really...lol

[@sina8398]

Hahhahah Nice Joke / References ??

[@kistmaso8290]

I think brain infection in the father is also a major cause of the developement of self-defeating personality/schizophrenia. So maybe do a test on patients fathers to see if they have one, just trying to help.

[@blakewilliamson1347]

I could almost agree with that. My father was a schizophrenic. I too carried a lesser version of this. My 2 boys also both suffer..

[@kistmaso8290]

My guess is they would be spinal fluid pockets from self defeating trauma in the areas theyre trying to succeed.

[@natas12rm]

Bro I’m gone off that gas station weed and your voice sounds very deep

[@user-zt3dv5cl4b]

😔

[@Welldone665]

excuse me sir, could you give me indonesian translate in this video, there are some sentences that I don't understand, I'm sorry if my english so bad, but I want to know more about the schizophrenic brain, thank

[@tech2mobile481]

i can send you

[@dmtdreamz7706]

You can literally hallucinate objects and beings into existence because what's happening is you're tapping into that pure abstract creative potential of mind. That's exactly what you want. Of course it can be kind of freaky but a psychedelic is that times a thousand.

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

No it’s not it’s a disease that bends your perceptions of reality. It is awful. It ruins your ability to help others.

[@isaackitone]

But why do the medications cause side effects that are worse than the symptoms from the disorders? Like extra pyramidal side effects. What's with that? Surely extra pyramidal side effects are worse than any positive or negative symptoms.

[@kaurattire4375]

How it's cure Am from India and my son gone through this

[@Peanuts76]

i guess theraphy, and some religious views on how human have to life this life

[@tech2mobile481]

go to the nearest psychiatrist

[@Yns831]

OMG it's Toby from The Office (play it at x0.75 speed)

[@odettecam]

Psychiatry is a field of "medicine" that openly admits it knows the least yet acts clinically and legally as if it knows the most. ie. removal of rights, forced medications and electroconvulsive therapies without concrete tests to prove clinical decisions. Often patients only get the opinion of one or two "professionals" and their advice is followed by roughly 50 or more people including nurses, family members, law enforcement ect. A highly, highly troubled area of science that needs legal protection for patients. A top down approach is dangerous when so much is unknown. Lots of cultural bias here about inferior and superior modes of thinking. For example, why do all of our minds have to develop at the same time? One hypothesis for why women perform less in STEM sciences is because the TIME that the course material is taught does not coincide with their brain development. If it were taught earlier, some hypothesize that they would be ready for it, but later in development focus on social sciences instead. This is a good example of how structural, cultural and gender biases shape what we consider to be "normal" development. A similar thing could be said for Autism.... the brain is developing at a different pace and in a different direction. Thank goodness for biological diversity! Neurological diversity should be seen as no different. I have hope for the role of Machine learning in helping schizophrenics and other mental "disorders" reach their full potential. Important to also have faith in neural plasticity

[@truptilipiswain8939]

Which part of the brain affected in schizophrenia patient ??

[@Clarkkent163]

Don't know for sure but I heard that the frontal lobe or the prefrontal cortex is inactive or damaged which if working would allow you to do things such as impulse control or controlling your actions, behaviour, knowing reality to dreams basically. I might be wrong though but I think I might just be right though. Also, I'm now starting to think that the auditory cortex or whatever is damaged or inactive to as you hear voices which literally sound as if they are projected outside, into the external world

[@lepomirbakic4422]

@@Clarkkent163 its not that, humans are like robots and have habits, and shizophrenics have bad habits and is hard to get rid of it.

[@asmameklati2722]

Playback speed on 1.25x

[@VickiBee]

Large amount of distress and disability - mostly for the people related to the schizophrenic person by blood line. And doctors still overmedicate them. I don't have to be a doctor myself to notice the signs. I'm a paramedic anyway: drooling and muscle movements that are almost zombie-like in appearance are two signs of a person being overmedicated.

[@roxannemua9350]

so then how do you treat schizophrenia? exactly may i ask

[@TheXtremeDrums]

Yeah... let's see who might be right here: Paramedic vs Medical Doctor specializing in psychiatry with the backup of PhD scientists studying this for decades..... hmmm

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

The paramedic is actually right. About the drooling, it’s like a modern version of being burned at the stake. Fortunately meds have gotten a lot better.

[@sweethater8558]

He kept calling them 'fluid-filled spaces', do they have an actual name?

[@othmankamal5307]

they are called brain ventricles. the brain has two lateral ventricles, third ventricle, and fourth ventricle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular_system

[@sharksareawesome24]

Othman Kamal I know it’s a year later but... Wikipedia? Really? That’s not a source.

[@TheXtremeDrums]

@@sharksareawesome24 Wikipedia is good enough for laymen like 95% of the people in this video, plus is basic anatomy you can right brain ventricules and get hundreds of pictures.

[@aminatakamara8262]

Cheshire CAT Scan thank you

[@sararao8429]

Genetics and childhood trauma

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

Which ones? What kind of trauma? It seems cruel to always blame the parents. The enviremtal factors always seem like cop outs.

[@addisoneileen243]

For patients with schizophrenia, do they need a brain scan to be diagnosed? Or is it pretty noticeable without the technology?

[@priyankgusain6873]

It is noticable but can have scan ..it will be easier to justify whether you have it or other Disease.

[@tasosvarvar]

Bukowski, is that you?

[@tinkletink1403]

how can you talk about the biological basis when the basis is a committee that wrote the dsm ......

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

Check put research domain criteria! You are onto something for sure. These diseases are really just symptom describers.

[@Hegerridadorno]

Common? I guess you mean *relatively* common (i.e., relative to all mental disorders)?

[@Haliotro]

about 1% of the population has schizophrenia

[@Hegerridadorno]

Yes, and how is that common?

[@Haliotro]

***** It's a common mental disorder. Why you so angry? Peace be with you

[@Hegerridadorno]

What makes you think I'm angry? I'm just curious how something that affects 1% of the population could be considered common.

[@GourabBhattacharje]

+Jesse B. Its common because in 10000 people it is still 100 people... or lets say out of 8 billion people 80 million people is affected... I think this is very common!

[@RKN998]

someone else noticed how strange the comments are

[@amberline4583]

The first thing that you need to do with schizophrenia is look for viruses, parasites and bad bacteria in the gut and then heal the gut

[@Hairbytyra.s]

🤝

[@dmtdreamz7706]

A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external stimulus. It is a false perception that is perceived as real. It can affect any of the five senses and can be caused by a variety of factors, including certain medical conditions, medications, substance use, and mental health disorders. Hallucinations can be vivid and realistic, or they can be vague and difficult to distinguish from reality. They can be distressing for the person experiencing them and can disrupt daily life. They should be evaluated by a medical professional if they occur frequently or cause significant distress. Appearance without substance. Everything is a hallucination. So this moment right now is a hallucination. It's always been a hallucination. That's what reality is. In psychology hallucination means perception without any input or data. So traditionally if you go to a mental hospital and you're telling them that you're seeing monkeys running around with stripes and polka dots, they'll say you're hallucinating.

[@therealunicornselene]

I mean technically nothing is real and everything is a mass of particles but there's a big difference between thinking your vote counts and literally hearing voices that sound like they have distinct identities 😆

[@dmtdreamz7706]

@@therealunicornselene The difference between a kangaroo and a terrorist is imaginary. When you realise that's an imaginary difference then you can love the kangaroo 🦘 and the terrorist 💥 identically

[@therealunicornselene]

@@dmtdreamz7706 nah pretty sure none of my voices are kangaroos but whatever you tell yourself to feel better I'm glad yours work for you

[@HIRAMMCKINNEY]

Creative Uplift: To the North East South and West world wide. May the blessings of Heaven shine upon you on this beautiful day of the Lord Jesus Christ and God 2024. So mote it be. Amen. RQQ!!

[@jmo8a_veda]

I think could be cured if you excercise the brain to be mindful and analyzing correctly

[@TheXtremeDrums]

lmao right go open a clinic and see how it goes, you might get rich!!! you clearly know your sh*t Also tell cancer patient they can be cured by fasting and eating vegetables

[@budmec4985]

Lol you clearly never met a schizophrenic

[@Clarkkent163]

What?! You're joking right?! How you expecting that to happen then?! Controlling your brain won't work at all, you can not control your brain, end of story, end of life, the end

[@tomgreen8390]

guy has some strange shoes on

[@icansaveher]

this sounds like the dude who taught me 7th grade math on youtube

[@michaelpond813]

Study nutritional treatments for thos illness.

[@worthlesscrusaderuntilliha6943]

My schizophrenic mother gave me ptsd later in life

[@TheOn3LeftBehind]

The raddleman rider V4-rr that’s very sad. :( I’m sorry to hear that. I have PTSD from my parents as well. My mom is borderline and my dad is bipolar. Being a neuroscientist myself in biological psychopathology and the biobehavioral effects of trauma, I think that is what caused my rheumatoid arthritis expression. If you’re not already in treatment, please seek treatment! You have the right to be as healthy as you can be mentally, which will help you later physically.

[@isuckatbeingje]

I just want the thumbnail cover

[@franciscooper5011]

What's the cure?

[@tech2mobile481]

go to the psychiatrist doctor

[@chaosdweller]

@@tech2mobile481 Haha I went to a nurse practitioners office to then go see a Dr to then get a diagnosis for MY increasingly odd behavior haha ,and SYMPTOMS THAT "APPEAR " TO BE SCHITZOID LIKE , and she said the drs that work in this building here couldn't diagnose the symptoms of the rare version of that type of schitzophrenia that I was currently experiencing that I told her I thought I had .... (maybe? even then? and there ? haha I wouldn't know though cuz those are some of those symptoms I feel like I'm experiencing haha) if ? that makes any? sense? haha don't feel bad if ? doesn't to u cuz it doesn't to me either! ...Lol! Every time! I need to see Drs in this lil s@#& hole place , they always just to tell me to go to a frikin specialist in St Louis! .... 🤬 .....haha. This was no different, they said I needed to go there and do that, to get that... basically.... They even told me the frikin mental hospital 🏥 a 100 yards down the st from that office couldn't/wouldn't make a OFFICIAL dissociative disorder diagnosis for some reason????? either!!!!!! haha ...wtf!!!!! ...haha, idk ? if? it's cuz YER NOT CONSIDERED DISABLED WITH IT ? according to the gov, which is something else I don't understand either btw haha! and yes!!!! I've also done all the leg work to find that out as well haha, on MY QUEST FOR ANSWERS AND UNDERSTANDING with this NEW ISSUE THAT I DON'T RECOGNIZE FROM PAST OR UNDERSTAND honest!!!!! ✋ ... everybody just runs around me acting jealous of it !!!!!!! haha (imitation for 1 ex out of the many ) wtf !!!!!!!!!!! haha.....help ! ....... lmao! (that's my🪦 yard/dark humor again Incase yer confused haha pardon). Idk? if ? it's cuz all official mental health diagnosises are only made in big cities ? or ? non SSI qualified diagnosises (like this 1even though I'm suffering and it might kill me lmao! already receiving death threats haha no bull haha) are all done like that? idk? it's odd; I'm definitely suffering from whatever it is , even if? the American entertainment industry says it means yer cool when u have it lol! or if the people around me , think it's a excuse to talk shit( see Me Myself and Irene for further details yes I thought he was a REAL COOL character too! btw wink wink-wink wink haha) even if it doesn't represent the person that's typing this.... RIGHT NOW... haha.

[@chaosdweller]

@@tech2mobile481 that's gonna be a lot of driving and gas and $ , not to mention phone calls from a cell phone (that's COMPLETELY CONTROLLED by someone that acts just like the character Viki put in charge from the strangely odd parents I might add haha ) to unknown specialist Drs, that might be just like the ones here ! haha in building's I'll have to find...., not to mention maybe? missing work haha, good grief. I still wanna do it though.

[@messpilo]

but if you have born with this then its part of nature.

[@kistmaso8290]

I take that back. I got meningitis from an unsterile shot you gave me at a hospital and im sueing.

[@new-knowledge8040]

Most people are experiencing hallucinations these days. For instance, many peoples minds think that a car can change speeds, or that a car can stop moving all together. In actual fact, all objects, not just cars, are constantly moving, and they all move at one common speed. This constant ongoing motion takes place within a 4 dimensional environment known as Space-Time. However, that is not how the people whom are detached from the truth, and thus are detached from reality, actually see it. Today's physicists say that they admit that extreme embarrassment is still ongoing, and that this is the case since today's physicists still do not understand quantum mechanics, thus in turn they still have a multitude of possible explanations of what it is all about, instead of having the one and only correct explanation. So not even today's physicists can see the truth, and thus they too are still living in an imaginary reality.

[@isaacsmitherman2704]

🤓

[@geirtwo]

"The correlation with poverty and schizophrenia is poorely understood", isn't this supposed to be psychology?

[@Kai-v-r]

The mind (of which psychology is the study of) is certainly impacted by environment (of which poverty is one)... yet poorly understood because human behavior has so many confounding variables impacting it and each person is unique and will be impacted by even the exact same set of confounding variables differently X(times) infinity (when you try to count the moments of life) with an exponential factor unpredictably magnifying a random moment more than others. Since behavior is an extension of thought or lack of thought, psychology cannot be contained to only the mind, which means all other human studies influence psychology.

[@chaosdweller]

@@Kai-v-r" magnifying a random moment more than others " I felt that lol!

[@therealunicornselene]

Yeah grant money put forward towards studying this conflates poverty with other issues and ends up being used to support eugenicist doctrine that says the only people genetically affected by poverty must also belong to other social groups. Lots of money that says that mental health is an individual problem and lots of money says that poverty exacerbated illness is a racial matter, neither one willing to pay to see what's actually going on because the results were the intent and solving the problem would be terrible for profit margins.

[@sandythedemon]

Bhaiya free me ppt bana duga mere se banwa lo

[@kistmaso8290]

Dont say whatever ive studied with self defeating personality disorder for 30 years i have done more complex bookwork than any of you.

[@nibussss]

Is this with meds......never clear..pls clear

[@999sovt8]

Your penmanship appear to be that of a chicken's scratch.

[@kyle857]

999 sovt we he's a doctor so...

[@NeuroPulse]

How interesting. I'd like to try schizophrenia on for size but it looks like I'm left out of the club.

[@killuminati1989]

I have an old white male voice when I close my teeth using offensive words and eating with me. It's horrible. No mess work. Is it god?

[@nickjohn2051]

Belvedere&Raspberry333 Please do refer consultation with dr. Get anti psychotic drug to help battle your inner negative voices. Please do it.

[@Shanaevaz]

my voices do the same there very negitive and they act like they eating or when I'm eating they eat with me your not the only one hang in there. im schizopherinc 2

[@khansazainab7490]

No, it's not God. It's all in your head

[@khalilzerma7594]

I'am a citizen who was arrested and tortured by psychiatrists. Psychiatrists have tried to kill me but I escaped at the last moment. Why did the psychiatrists arrest me ? well, that's because I discovered that : * Mental illness is caused by society * Psychosis is not a disease. * Paranoia is the first step in the right direction * Schizophrenia is a sign of good health Because I'm of arab origin and I discovered all these things they arrested me.

[@TheXtremeDrums]

You do realize that you sound like a mental health patient with severe delusions? So people go to medical school study for over a decade just to lie a bout these stuff and torture people, also all the medical community is into it so surgeons, family doctors, etc they all trained in psychiatry during med school but now stay quiet because they are also bastards... not to mention scientist who spend their lives studying this ''lie'' they are also either bastards or idiots who went through +8 years of education to study made up diseases.... Obviously if you're delusional all this won't change your mind, your brain is sadly playing tricks on you but if you don't have a disease and actually think this I hope you see how ridiculous this is.

[@TheXtremeDrums]

@@jasminkabogdanovic5286 surely you know better than us!!! Always funny

[@sorenvc]

Haha there may be some truth to your text.

[@michaelpond813]

Study orthomolecular medicine not your mind ofdelusions. Your. Chemical balance. In brain and body is out of balance.

[@khalilzerma7594]

@@michaelpond813 humans and animals in general have a mind which is affected by nutrition no doubt about that. My point of view is that schizophrenia is not a disease on the contrary it's a sign of good health. Someone who has a healthy diet should has enough dopamine in his brain to be schizophrenic and in consequence to be happy.

[@michaelpond813]

We have foundation. Neuro. Mag. Omega 3 s. A good multi. V also. A b complex two times. A day. Lithium oratate. 5 mg. Two times a day. And melatonin at night. Also v c. Good luck hope this works as it did for us.

[@lttrhd]

What is Neuro.? Mag. I assume is Magnesium? What is your foundation called?

[@CM-sj9pb]

Entering(submersion 3 times with a certain prayer and crossing yourself)in water springs of orthodox saints(which are near or in monasteries)give very much power and sureness to people with depression, panic attacks, schizofrenia and other soul illnesses before getting to the eucharisty that heals all soul illnesses. There are some springs of mother of God Maria that also heal all soul illnesses. Spring at the Monastery of st. Paraskevi at Tempi in Greece is one of many springs of saints in Greece. If you have chronic fatigue it is from masturbating, watching pornography, hate etc. 99% of all illnesses are from soul. The soul illnesses may be enherited or from sins. If you have diseases, bad luck, impotence, you can only have a discussion with the same person, etc. it can be from witch spellings. In the Zlătari church in Bucharest, every Wednesday at 17.00 it is read the akathist to St. Cyprian and st. Justin against charms and all demons. This akathist can be ordered at any other Orthodox church if you are baptized Orthodox. You must write your name and give it to the person receives the sheets, it is usually at the entrance to the church.