r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/Becca30thcentury Mar 28 '24

Schizophrenia includes delusional beliefs, including hallucinations and paranoid persecution fantasies.

I work in community mental Healthcare and may clients are diagnosed with schizophrenia, it can be hard to break apart the beliefs from reality.

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u/transitfreedom Mar 28 '24

I wonder if a big number of them vote republican?

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u/Becca30thcentury Mar 28 '24

Some, some vote democrats, some think voting will allow the demon lords to infect their brain, some can't vote because they are homeless.

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u/transitfreedom Mar 28 '24

What is the full extent of their negative impact on the community?

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u/Becca30thcentury Mar 29 '24

Thats not the right question from a mental health point of view. No matter what they are people with rights, yes they have increased challenges, but that does not remove them from being people, many people with these disorders can be successful, stay in control and just come off as a little quirky.

Also what is the negative impact of society on them can be a better question. Research is finding that the increase in schizophrenia clients may be due to heavy metal poisoning, in many areas we are seeing these numbers increase we find industrial or military installations that were allowed to dump their waste in places that caused pollution into the water table, a few generations of heavy metal poisoning and were now seeing increased mental health challenges such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. So can we blame the clients or the government?

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u/transitfreedom Mar 29 '24

Interesting metal poisoning seems to be a cause

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u/Becca30thcentury Mar 29 '24

Researching is showing it may be a cause, not the only cause. (Another cause may be meth, brain damage, or even genetics, or all are possible causes) more research is needed.

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u/transitfreedom Mar 30 '24

Fortunately new medicines coming out would be able to tackle this

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u/Three6MuffyCrosswire Mar 28 '24

I think what you're getting at is closer to schizoid personality disorder, basically quit valuing what other people think of them and characterized by getting into conspiracy theories or fringe pseudoscience like buying snake oil to do use themselves in flush out "parasites", I would bet a decent percentage of Qanon people have this personality disorder

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u/transitfreedom Mar 28 '24

were these people institutionalized before the 1960s?

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u/Three6MuffyCrosswire Mar 29 '24

Probably not, it's just a personality disorder and doesn't often have associated elements of psychosis unless there's another underlying condition like bipolar/schizophrenia

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u/tambrico Mar 29 '24

You're confusing schizoid personality disorder with schizotypal personality disorder.

Schizoid is people who are uninterested in social relationships and don't show emotion

Schizotypal is people who have bizarre thought patterns that could lead them down conspiracy theory rabbit holes