(05-13-2024, 08:35 AM)FlickerOfLight Wrote: My humble vantage point of this.
In my MK-ULTRA research things like psychic abilities were also looked into.
I wonder if this is them trying to keep certain people thinking they are "crazy" rather than "gifted." To make something that is a blessing sound like a burden. Then of course prescribe a strong psychotropic drug on them to subdue their "gift."
I can see this being the case in some people.
That was my first thought on this.
You may be right, at least partially.
One thing that is different in people with schizophrenia is that they are not easily fooled by the hollow-face illusion.
Quote:The Hollow-Face illusion is weaker among people with schizophrenia and other populations with psychotic symptoms, perhaps as a result of reduced tendency to interpret any kind of ambiguous 3D object as convex. It appears to be related to current mental state, namely in regard to current positive symptoms, inappropriate affect, and need for structure. The illusion seems to strengthen among successfully treated patients.Source
For those that do not know it, this is the hollow-face illusion.
(05-13-2024, 09:11 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: Sure. I have my own opinion about depression and think it's over diagnosed.
To me, it's mostly over self-diagnosed, at least in Portugal, as it's too easy to say "I'm depressed, I cannot go to work" (or something like it).
All my siblings and myself have a tendency for depression, and my younger sister had the strongest case of all of us. The medication they gave her resulted, but it was relatively hard for her to get rid of them.
