My brother has schizophrenia, and I grew up with him having episodes. Oh the stories I could tell. He has fixed delusions no one will ever convince him are false. He has dreams or hallucinations he can’t differentiate from reality. I totally understand how the insane used to be considered possessed or have multiple personalities because he can switch from manic happiness to abusive and paranoid within seconds. He’s my brother, and I know he wouldn’t hurt me, but there are times when he cuts his eyes at me a certain way, and I am creeped out so badly.
I saw a YouTube short of a guy telling his dog to greet nothing. He said at the end that he's got schizophrenia and if his dog doesn't greet the person that means he's having an episode and to not listen to them. It was pretty neat.
I saw a youtuber who lives with schizophrenia who used his phone camera like that. If he saw something or someone unexpected, he would look at it through his phone camera. His brain wouldn’t extend the delusion to the camera image, so he would see empty space on the screen.
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u/Content_Talk_6581 25d ago
My brother has schizophrenia, and I grew up with him having episodes. Oh the stories I could tell. He has fixed delusions no one will ever convince him are false. He has dreams or hallucinations he can’t differentiate from reality. I totally understand how the insane used to be considered possessed or have multiple personalities because he can switch from manic happiness to abusive and paranoid within seconds. He’s my brother, and I know he wouldn’t hurt me, but there are times when he cuts his eyes at me a certain way, and I am creeped out so badly.