Elyn Saks said: “The schizophrenic mind is not so much divided as shattered. I like to say that schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare." Schizophrenia is a long-term mental disorder that involves a breakdown between thinking, behavior and emotion. The title “Schizophrenia” is just an umbrella that encompasses more than one type of schizophrenia; such as paranoid schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, residual schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder (Mental Health America). Schizophrenia is a condition that affects a person's mind, and according to Mental Health America, the cause of schizophrenia is unknown, although the causes are known to be related to genetics, biology, and perhaps viral infections and immune disorders. Symptoms of schizophrenia may involve inappropriate actions and feelings, and withdrawal from reality and personal relationships. With a wide range of schizophrenia symptoms, some form of organization is needed to lead to better understanding, so the symptoms of schizophrenia can be classified into two main categories. The categories that organize the symptoms are positive symptoms and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and all the various disorders it includes. According to Mental Health America, positive symptoms are symptoms that you get through any of the disorders; examples of positive symptoms would be hallucinations, delusions, and disordered speech. Negative symptoms are things the person loses because of the disorder; examples of negative symptoms could be social withdrawal or lack of initiative and drive. According to Schizophrenia.com, paranoid schizophrenia has positive symptoms that include delusions and hallucinations. Paranoid...... middle of paper ...... is the manifesto, of which David Kaczynski acknowledged his brother as the author. David was the person who turned in his brother because he realized how bad his brother had become and knew that Ted needed to be stopped. Kaczynski was sentenced to eight life sentences without parole. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects a person's thoughts, feelings and behavior. Within the category of schizophrenia, there are several types of schizophrenia, each with symptoms that differ to separate one type from another. Due to the similarity of some symptoms, it can cause misdiagnosis, even confusing one type of schizophrenia with something else. Ted Kaczynski was a famous schizophrenic; he was famous for his protest actions in the form of bomb shipments to protest the industrialization of society and the excessive use of technology.
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