05-13-2024, 03:09 PM
(05-13-2024, 02:09 PM)ArMaP Wrote: 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.
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For those that do not know it, this is the hollow-face illusion.
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_kSrOVdHw]
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.
I strongly agree with you about the 'self-diagnosis.'
So many times I have had to explain to people "You might NOT be depressed... it is normal to feel sad and overwhelmed with a crap situation and the recurring knocks of life... not every discomfort is an illness of the mind."
Many people are conditioned to believe that 'feeling sad' can only be done secretly, and that emotional difficulties are gauche. It is a social demon we must eliminate somehow. I find it akin to people who can never feel it's socially acceptable to be overweight or have some problem you can't easily hide... we could learn a lot from children in that regard.
While it is true that medications and formulas do help with symptoms and comfort... they are often nowhere near a "cure" for anyone but the people around you. Side effects are "tolerated" by many, but some just can't shake that their perceptions have been chemically altered...
We need Psychiatrists and doctors to more strongly align with the idea of 'do no harm' and 'the objective is to heal and comfort the patient" and NOT make it "easier" for the parent, partner, or school teacher... Too many are reduced to zombies, rendered unable to even attempt to cope, or learn how to. And some sadly give up trying. But zombies make for complaint and silent patients... easier for them... and no complaints.
