What are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

[@LivingWellAfterSchizophrenia]

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[@joshuamckillop5806]

currently in hospital for schizophrenia. your channel makes me feel less alone. sending love Lauren

[@alaididnalid7660]

Bit random but ... Take care, I hope you'll be okay. :)

[@luciem4562]

Feel better Chloe! 💗

[@3k166]

I remember my first time having a episode and ending up in the psych ward... hopefully your first time or this time is going well for you :)

[@Jack-ni4ft]

Hope you feel better soon :) x

[@elenazelikova2756]

Get better soon!

[@honeydieseldan]

I’m gonna be starting a new over night shift in a casino. I’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia for 3-4 years now . I stopped working because I’d get mad or upset cause I’d feel people were watching or talking about me . I really need the money so I’m standing up for myself and trying again .

[@veroniqueb4912]

Why tout dont seek disabilities ?

[@aaymathebest4705]

You can definently work,start again and what ever you want to do,you can...

[@kaylawaye]

Good luck with the new job! Be proud of yourself for trying again.

[@jacquelineleitch7050]

This is why we need a living wage in society and also why Mental Health funding needs to focus of re-education and employment. It is absolutely necessary that people with Schizoaffective Disorder are able to work in a supportive environment.

[@healingfear]

@@jacquelineleitch7050 and be able to get health insurance.

[@sourgummiez]

I know no ones life is “perfect”, but I’ve been watching your channel since the very first video and the happiness that has seemed to slowly wash over you as your family has grown is really beautiful. You’re a totally different woman and I’m really happy for you!!

[@amandaplunkett1166]

She is so smart and a strong woman for sure!

[@WestOfEarth]

Slow thinking in conversation: When you think of something to add to the conversation, but it's already moved on to a different topic.

[@JaneDoe-ij4ls]

This also happens with people speaking a second language....so don't feel badly about it!!

[@katpenner7151]

My son was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at 15. Five years later and he is struggling hard at the moment. Thank you for your channel and the Hope you bring to me. So much love sent your way. ❤

[@kristymarie6065]

Has he tried abilify? They have a shot now to just once a month

[@katpenner7151]

@@kristymarie6065 that's exactly what he is takes. Once a month shot. It's taken a lot of different ones before this one was tried. It has been a lifesaver. It's the use of (heavy use of marijuana) and meth that has thrown him off this time. It takes months for his poor brain to recoup. He's currently psychotic after being out of the hospital since Monday.

[@xNightHawkx28]

Seeing someone verbalize their symptoms is so beautiful for me. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia 3 years ago after a drug induced psychosis. Seeing your strength gives me the hope that one day I can overcome these symptoms and go back to being the best me that I know Im capable of. Thank you so much !

[@ayeshaakbar5634]

you were diagnosed with schizophrenia after getting some drug??

[@besmart2350]

which drug?

[@WestOfEarth]

Also when my form of schizophrenia took hold at university, certain cognitive exercises which I found easy to do in high school, became opaque to me. In math and physics for example, in high school I knew math and physics vectors backward and forward. But at university, the concept of vectors became impossible for me to grasp or recall. The weird aspect of this was that I had memories of knowing how to manipulate vectors, but not the memories or recall to actually do vector math. I remember breaking down in tears and frustration, pounding my head almost yelling "What is going on?! I used to know this! Why can't I do it now?" This was over 30 years ago -- mental health awareness wasn't as prominent as it is today, and even less so for schizophrenia. At the time, I didn't know what was happening. It sort of felt like that short story "Flowers for Algernon" where the researcher knows he's losing cognitive ability. The difference being I didn't know why it was happening to me. But now I know.

[@satvikbajaj1250]

I am also diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and I have a lot of problem in doing anything remotely related to studies . I suffer a lot due to my voices and my tendencies of inattention . Is there any way you could suggest by your experience to try being fine with them

[@5319Sharon]

How do you compensate for this now?

[@AnnePeaceWithGod]

You are brave & beautiful for explaining this. I didn't understand this being a little girl 25 years ago. I thought it was so foreign when my mom was diagnosed. Thanks for standing up!

[@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335]

Hope things get better for you

[@j-a-k9585]

Would you consider showing us an un edited video ? I would be intrested to see how the flow goes. Your channel is so real so helpful and si needed. I am not personally dealing with Schizophrenia but trying to support a homeless person who is . Thank youa million times for your honesty and sharing.

[@lindawilliams747]

My brilliant, beautiful, errant, difficult friend of 50 years has had schizophrenia all of her life, but l chose to believe it was a dazzling eccentricity, not schizophrenia, until now. And now that l have the understanding to better help her, she has been missing for 7 years - and her 92 year old lawyer mother won't divulge anything, and has told me she doesn't care. What a colossal waste of a life, and l mourn her so much. I wish l had had your insights decades ago.

[@user-cl6uj5bn2f]

I just want to say, not only are you well-educated and articulate in your delivery, but just an all - around amazing human. Thank you for what you're doing for the Mental Health Community 💚

[@catherinedaniels1878]

I am a psychologist. I find your reporting of symptoms so valuable. Thank you for your courage and the amazing videos!

[@mikeyoung9810]

I love what you are doing to educate us about mental illness and I admire your spirit and wish you well. Thank you.

[@Ozisl]

Oh god I've always been *horrible* at just not noticing I need to clean or take care of hygiene or self care. I found that scheduling things strictly, knowing I have to clean everything a certain day whether I think it is dirty or not helps me not piss off people I'm living with... And keeping up with a conversation, not absorbing information people tell you... relate...

[@cinemasailor]

Very engaging and articulate, as always. I'm sure your videos have done many people a lot of good.

[@tatianarodriguez9158]

i am definitely struggling with cognitive symptoms at the moment starting a new job where i have to learn new things. it's so frustrating it makes me want to just break down and cry

[@phillipjames5365]

You break things down so well.

[@THICCpikachu]

Liked, comment for the algorithm. You content is fantastic, thank you.

[@erinrobinson6436]

Oh, my goodness! A lot of these symptoms are EXTREMELY similar for people with ADHD! I had no idea the overlap was so great.

[@sher618]

Positive ones too?

[@erinrobinson6436]

@@sher618 You know, I'm sorry to say I can't find any positives. My experience with ADHD has been really bad.

[@sher618]

@@erinrobinson6436 i meant, hallycinations and paranoia, are they similar to ADHD?

[@erinrobinson6436]

@@sher618 Ah, positive symptoms, I see what you mean. No, I don't have those, only the deficits or negatives.

[@lovesrunning8296]

You’re looking amazing Lauren. I hope that you and your little family are doing really well. Motherhood appears to be making you blossom. 🌸

[@nadahmekhlef7948]

Thank you for telling me what happened to my sister Saba

[@gnomealone350]

It seems like a certain set of these symptoms are going to be really problematic for the sufferer, while another would also have quite an impact on people around you. That’s why I think videos like this are so useful, maybe there is not a lot a loved one can always do, but at least some understanding can make it easier for everybody to get along.

[@christosegkos]

You are so amazing and brave. I admire your courage to face your illness, and your passion to help others, and spread awareness. You are wonderful.

[@Victoria-os8nz]

I hope you and your family are doing great ❤

[@spiralout1839]

You’re such a good speaker. I wish I were half as well articulated as you!

[@taniagerlach1745]

Thank you for posting. I totally identified with everything you said. I listen to you and I don't feel so alone 😊😊😊

[@bernadettenjeri3848]

Love this video. I was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Your videos have really helped me with the condition

[@benjaminsolomon3807]

Hi Lauren,am happy you looking good,my comment will go with negative symptom,since I started doing exercise like push up while holding my breath I concentrate the whole day,I think we people with schizophrenia need to start campaigning and make the world understand that with our treatment we are better people

[@jennajoseph893]

Thank you for making this very clear, on what schizophrenia is, and the symptoms. Some of the ethnic movies I watch with my husband is very inaccurate depiction of this illness. (India, multiple languages and cultures within the country.) Even getting it from Europe, they get so much wrong about mental health.

[@SchizophrenicCathy]

This is one of your best videos so far. It explains so much about me. I experience several symptoms in all three categories pretty much on a daily basis. I posted a link to this video on my Facebook so that my friends and family can hopefully understand me a little better. Thank you so much for this, Lauren. Have a great day!

[@johnmurfadevera]

Your speech is very effective. I like it. It’s like a jolt of lightning. It catches my attention. Thanks a lot for all the information.

[@marlenebtagelman2451]

You have grown alot in the last year. I watched one of your videos from a year ago and I see you are much more grounded now. Not sure if I worded it correctly.

[@SLYCoopaEatsChicken]

you're such a phenomenal educator!!!!!

[@andrewbaker495]

Well done for being so brave to talk so candidly about yourself. I have seen how people struggle with schizophrenia first hand and you have given a clear insight into their, and your thought processes. I stand in admiration of you

[@markreamer5113]

Well, it’s true! I had schizo-affective disorder when I was younger before I ever took medication, but from what I have heard and understood is that giving pharmaceuticals to children is inappropriate and can actually do harm. As I listened to all of the symptoms explained I kept nodding and remembering from my childhood experiences all of the associated difficulties that can and do arise when I was young, but with that being said as the years went on have to say the medicine has help, but what has also helped is understanding how to transform adverse conditions into a path that brings peace, clarity, compassion and even wisdom, and I feel a greater inclusiveness to everyone else. My Buddhist faith, and no disrespect to other faiths, but my faith and spiritual friends have helped me navigate this crazy freaking world that can be so brutal that it’s hard to function from day to day. When I had my breakdown and the inception of the administration of medicine it was still very hard, but I couldn’t kill myself, I couldn’t end it. I was still young and couldn’t bear leaving it all behind, because that would be selfish! Thank you for this video and may all of the suffering know it can and does get better!

[@galalon2417]

Thank you for this video. It all sounds so familiar , to me. I feel terrible. It seems that life circumstances just make it worse for me. Sometimes.

[@Skiskiski]

I do suffer from Paranoid Personality Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. On one hand, I do like the fact that Trinitas has one of the best (available to everyone) mental health care programs. On the other hand, I hate the fact that they rejected me from their DBT (Dialectic Behavioral Therapy program). I did CBT a couple years ago, and I will try to sign up again once it becomes an in-person program, again.

[@kristymarie6065]

What’s the different between paranoid personality disorder and schizophrenia?

[@necronyx7176]

Sending this to my mum so she can understand a little better. Thank you.

[@FromTheHealingWellSomatics]

Lauren, you are so amazing and inspiring. Thank you for the work you do.

[@lina6284]

I can't wait to see the next video. They help me a lot to understand why I am the way I am. When it comes to negative symptoms I am experiencing social withdrawal, which I find really annoying. By following your story, I feel like there's hope to overcome these obstacles! Congratulations also on your family, it is really nice to see that you found your personal luck :) 💕

[@00pisani49]

Thanks for making this! It gives me more patience with my husband. Please do more videos on how to handle it being the spouse.

[@michaela080austin]

Hi Lauren! Congrats on the new baby.

[@thingsthatareart.andwhytha5713]

What I like most about your videos are how relatable you make them. It’s so easy to see video’s of the extremes of these symptoms like the ones of people with word salad or who are catatonic, or who have no affect whatsoever, or who are so far gone and lost that full blown psychosis seems to be their permanent state of life. And though this is sometimes a reality, seeing your story makes the connection easier between the extremes and what the threshold is for less extreme circumstances.

[@kateemerson1861]

Over the course of my illness I've struggled with executive dysfunction and I tend to be really harsh on myself for it and call myself lazy, but the validation that it's a legitimate thing helps. Like something can drop on the floor and a neurotypical person will just pick it up, but that thought doesn't really connect in my head.

[@GretaWardFireFly]

Love you, love you, love you! I have shared this out. Please keep doing these! You are helping so many with this and their loved ones!

[@BravoMike117]

Thanks for sharing your history, you are awsome!

[@jaykobbrosta9919]

youre a really blessing for me, THANKS

[@shrutijoshi553]

Thanks dear for sharing . God bless you . Being a clinical psychologist , I wish to work & support for schizophrenia more ... Stay safe & take care

[@emilymorales5887]

Thank you for your candor and honesty. This video was very informative!

[@molokaigirlstudio]

thank you for all the videos that you do. it gives us hope and better insight to how this illness affects people

[@RowanJacobs]

When you're having trouble keeping up with a conversation, would you prefer that the people you're talking with check in with you, try to go at your pace, or just keep going?

[@Stephanie-us3bj]

Thank you for sharing this video. I do not have schizophrenia but I do have generalized anxiety disorder and depression and I can relate to so many of the cognitive symptoms you outlined, especially disorganized thinking and slow thinking. I have always felt different in social settings or when trying to articulate my thoughts. I have also always felt different in the way that I learn or articulate/show what I have learned.

[@radiant_gem6736]

Thank you for the reminders! Your channel is great and extremely helpful!

[@kassemmagtary9299]

I love to hear your saying. Thanks. My 😊

[@zevpost1]

G-d bless you. I like the way you presented yourself!

[@jaredkleven9778]

thank you so much for you work. you have helped me a lot.

[@OFFGRIDwithPeniglenHomestead]

Great video? I’ve been following your channel for such along time your videos are always fresh & informative? I also suffer with your condition? I’ve not seen a doctor or admitted to hospital for 22 years now i take my pills everyday and i’m also a KZbinr my channels about living off grid in a wooden cabin with my dogs in a remote area of Scotland uk. If you have the time would post more videos of your now expanded family you have an amazing channel? Take care ian….

[@hayleyprice8345]

You've summed it up

[@Nahli2001]

🐉Was diagnosed with Schizoaffective Bipolar type until a later DID diagnosis. Then was changed to Schizoaffective Depressed type, turned out no bipolar, just Alters with different baselines so that that it seemed like bipolar when it wasn't.

[@malum4.440]

Great video! You did not mention any catatonic, sensory or social symptoms, I’d love to see those also be talked about.

[@j-a-k9585]

Have you ever done a video on the elderly person who has Schizophrenia? and or How about what is life like when you are stable and getting healthy , Also even people who are "healthy " we have moods and bad days aren't we all similar in some respect. again Thank you for all your education .

[@matw1x]

Don't have schizophrenia but still interesting to follow your experience.

[@kennybufu]

idk how you do it so well on camera but i give you props i cant hold my self together as well as you do on camera on my youtube channel

[@JaneDoe-ij4ls]

Thank you Lauren😙🙋🙏

[@ALXDO1]

Negative or cognitive symptoms sometimes simply are side effects of sedating medication on antipsychotics. I know this for sure, because formerly I sometimes stopped medication at once, and then these symptoms disappeared within next day. Probably there also are persons in which these really are symptoms of disease itselfes, but additionally it often can arise from medication.

[@sierra6haskay]

I've never taken antipsychotics before but I definitely struggle with these symptoms, especially the cognitive ones. It's extremely frustrating because I know I'm not stupid but sometimes I feel so deng slow and it's hard to explain this to people. I've had supervisors accuse me of playing dumb to avoid participating because he said I did really well with whatever we were doing and asked what I did and what my thought process was and I couldn't remember any of the 2 minute exercise we just did, kept egging me about it and making jokes like "well did u just black out or what" kinda e.e The keeping up with conversations bit is another hard one to explain to people too. Sometimes it's like my brain just shuts down my ex would yell at me for it and say things like "what u mean I can't talk? Is that what you're saying you don't know how to talk?" Which made the issue significantly worse. That's why sitting in isolation sounds so appealing so often because everything's just too much sometimes

[@teamsanity3808]

The color palette of this video is soothing....

[@time2play4ward]

I have a lot of the negative and cognitive symptoms, but I am not sure that I have schizophrenia. All my life I have struggled with depression, but it has never quite explained all my symptoms.

[@witedove24]

Your videos are so well done even if there’s a lot of editing :)

[@kennybufu]

jesus i have this problem to i cant clean sometimes and it will literally make me cry because i just want to clean

[@reemsaif3105]

It's brave to explain everything here and you've done a good job! I think people in general talk too much and it becomes too much information to process anyway. Places like Japan where people keep to themselves might be a good way to have a quiet time for yourself 😊

[@aaronphillips2979]

I really enjoy watching your videos,learnt so much your very knowledgeable.

[@Josh-hy3em]

I only experience the negative symptoms on my medication. I have some lack of motivation. A little flat on emotion. But I feel better on Welbutrin. My articulation in communication I think is ok but could use some work.

[@MultiSenhor]

I know this isn't the standard, but I find it more helpful to call them additive, subtractive and cognitive symptoms, rather than positive and negative

[@rpink8531]

Very informative. Thank you 🙏

[@jowitbeats2000]

Great video. I've definitely have dealt with most if not all symptoms you described. The worst of them is being delusional. My fears keep me from going outside regularly. It's hard for me to keep focused as well which i think falls into the cognitive part. Thanks again for this video-it's really helpful.

[@particleconfig.8935]

well couple of those symptoms I've probably rightfully developed by a definite mistreatment by my peers at a very young age. Definitely no delusion to mistrust people. And yes, they DO talk about ''us''.

[@thenameless644]

i like your hair veru much, it suits you so well 💖

[@carlosbravo6282]

I thank you because I just keep hating on myself for feeling too stupid to function like others

[@laurieberry4814]

She really saved my life. She’s my therapist. The only KZbinr who understands. Lauren, can I find a group for people who are more moody. Because I am constantly frustrated with moodiness. I don’t hallucinate much. That’s how I got my diagnosis. Because of you, I can say my disability or diagnosis doesn’t define me. I get called rude. Then I get angrier. But it’s real. Like my dad yelling at me because I may be dyslexic. I would stare at a book and it would make no sense. Yes, people can have two disabilities like myself. I believe that I isolated myself too much because of my shame about my dyslexia. So I cut out television and friends. Then I was shamed for not hanging out with friends. Finally, a mental health worker told me that I was verbally abused. She believed me. That yelling doesn’t make us feel better. The nurse said that I was from a dysfunctional family. You don’t know me. Just because I have schizoaffective disorder, it doesn’t mean that my dad was a screamer. Maybe that’s how I got sick. I want to be with the people who understand me.

[@laurieberry4814]

Hate to admit it. I believe that it’s like intermittent explosive disorder. Cause I always beg for relief. Because I feel guilty every time. Because I know it’s wrong to show anger at people. My dad would yell at me. I was good at math. People are different. I told my dad that I wanted to chop his hands off. Now I just get mad without threatening to hurt anyone physically because my dad died

[@Marcus_Sylvester]

So are doing a great job explaining and illustrating what the current medical science consensus designates as Schizophrenia. It will surely help a lot of people. Thanks a lot for your courage and excellent work! 😍 Since my young adulthood, for my part, in addition to psychiatry and psychology, the great psychology of spirituality masters like Eckhart Tolle, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and to a lesser extent (but significantly nevertheless) Angelica Crystal Powers (pseudonym), among a few others, have helped me a lot by their insights and wisdom. All the best to you! 💙

[@AndreasFlaminio]

The experience of racing thoughts can be extremely overwhelming: I explain this to my psychiatrist as the breaking of a water dam which floods the whole valley. Oddly though, however overwhelming they may be, I can sometimes get very productive and write philosophical texts. To add to that, I have lots of delusions of grandeur and I think people covertly send messages to me which I alone can decipher: I "see" them in newspapers, television journals, I "hear" them in conversations others have, etc. Nevertheless, I try to be grateful for the things I do have. At least for me, being honest and upfront about yourself and being grateful can really cheer you up☺.

[@melissahauke8682]

This matches me so much and yet I was diagnosed only once with schizoafektive disorder and then changed to depression plus bipolar and now my new doctor is in complete denial of even rethinking the old diagnosis.

[@alistaircaradec2180]

Thanks again for sharing all of this, Lauren

[@erinrobinson6436]

You just described my entire (ADHD) life! I can never finish a thought or sentence before my brain has raced off ahead of me and left the words in the dust.

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Me too. Relatable

[@Emmprove]

- avolition is a negative symptom & it means lack of motivation - there isnt really a treatment for negative symptoms of schizophrenia yet - tardive dyskinesia is a medication side effect that can become permanent & it’s involuntary muscle movements/muscle jerks kinda like parkinsons - antipsychotics can also cause people with schizophrenia to become extra unmotivated because the medications block dopamine - schizophrenia suicide rate is very high (for good reason) - many homeless people have schizophrenia - schizophrenia is a living hell all day every day while medicated or while not medicated

[@WWS322]

If I make my speech plain I can talk easier. In my case, I could not face reality and indulged in my own world, until I realized facing reality was easier and my own thoughts brought me pain. I still lack discipline but it's not possible to make me work, my crazy mind is too weak. I think schizophrenia is a bad case of time distortion. Reading books that have a linear time line can teach you to think logically. The word REASON is the most important word I know.

[@margodphd]

It's important to recognise that current and previous language, culture and religion can significantly influence content of positive symptoms. Religious delusions of people that change from one culture, especially highly religiously involved and move into another country often increase in symbolism. All positive symptoms are influenced by the knowledge and conscious and unconscious memory one has - for this reason too being kind to yourself, working in therapy on your fears and traumas+ surrounding yourself with good experiences , sounds, views and positive people is so incredobly important. Even consuming darkly themed media can negatively influence symptom's content. This is also one of the reasons why positive symptoms can be very debilitating for people with significant trauma, experiencing or having experienced homelessness and addiction.

[@sajadzakir3115]

Lauren I'm listening to your videos and I think they are very helpful. although you've covered the subject extensively which I'm thankful to you for again, is it possible to cover a more therapy oriented solutions ?

[@shinyscrotum94]

Love u Lauren.

[@tajjie_taj]

thank youuuu

[@marlenebtagelman2451]

My 2nd husband was bipolar and schizophrenic. He would sometimes go off his meds and end up in the hospital. When we were married, he did that and overdosed.

[@W4nderingcloud]

Thank you 💯

[@terry1496]

Excellent video!

[@kennybufu]

there should be a heart react button for this video

[@tensfruit2696]

ur being to real girl stoppp shdkjfhj 😭😭😭 lately ive been having a lot of auditory hallucinations, and even one tactile hallucination, where i was in bed and felt my dogs nose rub against my thigh, but she was in my brothers room.

[@chanceDdog2009]

This is so brave

[@thinkingpsych4967]

Fabulous info. ThinkingPsych

[@AzizaMiller]

Thank you for sharing some of your own personal experiences and challenges with your mental illness. You are helping others. My question and i hope it does not offend you is does schizoaffective disorder bi polar type make close physical intimacy a challenge sometimes or not at all?

[@an1p13]

i went from depression diagnosis as a teen to bipolar 1 to schtizoeffective from brain damage as a result of ms. i do at times just feel dumb with cognitive...

[@JesseUnderdog]

Do you realize that you discuss your serious cognitive symptoms in a way that is more organized and articulate than most people, not suffering from any impairment, ever could?

[@GretaWardFireFly]

Ditto!!!

[@IvyKittie]

I noticed that, too! I don't have schizophrenia, but I have had associations with those who do. Before I actually knew what it was, I used to think about how fascinating it was and how they connected things to meet together. My stepfather and a boyfriend I had were, I was in my teens then. A few years back, I was in a drug rehab that had clients with schizophrenia. I learned a lot by asking questions. Like the previous post, it says how articulate you are on talking about it! Thank you for this opportunity to learn more!!!!❤❤❤❤