Comments on: The Sights and Sounds of Schizophrenia http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/ The oddstuff inside my head Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Timewarp http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-182 Timewarp Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:15:29 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-182 That video also had a lot in common with acid trips. In fact in the early days of LSD research before it was banned one proposed use was to give it to doctors so they could better understand what their patients were going through. Get some practice while you are young so when you mind goes later in life you can enjoy it instead of freaking out! That video also had a lot in common with acid trips. In fact in the early days of LSD research before it was banned one proposed use was to give it to doctors so they could better understand what their patients were going through.

Get some practice while you are young so when you mind goes later in life you can enjoy it instead of freaking out!

]]> By: Becca http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-181 Becca Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:13:18 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-181 That particular NPR logo is that of National Public Radio. NOT a pharmaceutical company. It's unlikely that a pharmaceutical company would produce anything like this. Especially producing a bottle with a poison label. Hello? This is America. They don't trust you enough to understand it isn't really poison. That particular NPR logo is that of National Public Radio. NOT a pharmaceutical company. It’s unlikely that a pharmaceutical company would produce anything like this. Especially producing a bottle with a poison label. Hello? This is America. They don’t trust you enough to understand it isn’t really poison.

]]> By: BradDet http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-178 BradDet Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:31:20 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-178 @Meiliken.. are you serious or just trying to get attention? Either way it worked ! It's kinda funny, I suppose you could say "mental illness is all in the mind" I believe it highley unlikely that there can be any part of our bodies (including our mind) incapable of becoming ill. Take epilepsy as an example would you deny that seizures really exist? or are just people trying to get attention? There has been much research on the brain, and how it works, and although we don't know everything, we do know that things can and do go wrong, and studies have shown many medications improve quality of life (over sugar pills) in double blind tests. I am the first to admin, when my Dad was first diagnosed, the science at the time was VERY scarry, they would just bombard him with all these different kinds of drugs and then see what effects they would have. (Better or Worse). Not unlike the hack surgery of days gone buy. He was in the hospital for many many months Several years later, when he had relapse, they could simply import his drugs into a computer which could determine all the possible interactions and tolerances potentially bult up and recommend a new series of mediations. He only had to be hospitalized for a day or two. Philosophically speaking, we can never be certain that we each experiance 'reality' the same way. So there really is no "normal" and therefore defintions of 'sane' and 'insane' can be hard to pin down. But we are human, and parts do fail whether we like it or not. Thanks for your comments just the same. @Meiliken.. are you serious or just trying to get attention? Either way it worked !

It’s kinda funny, I suppose you could say “mental illness is all in the mind”

I believe it highley unlikely that there can be any part of our bodies (including our mind) incapable of becoming ill. Take epilepsy as an example would you deny that seizures really exist? or are just people trying to get attention?

There has been much research on the brain, and how it works, and although we don’t know everything, we do know that things can and do go wrong, and studies have shown many medications improve quality of life (over sugar pills) in double blind tests.

I am the first to admin, when my Dad was first diagnosed, the science at the time was VERY scarry, they would just bombard him with all these different kinds of drugs and then see what effects they would have. (Better or Worse). Not unlike the hack surgery of days gone buy. He was in the hospital for many many months

Several years later, when he had relapse, they could simply import his drugs into a computer which could determine all the possible interactions and tolerances potentially bult up and recommend a new series of mediations. He only had to be hospitalized for a day or two.

Philosophically speaking, we can never be certain that we each experiance ‘reality’ the same way. So there really is no “normal” and therefore defintions of ’sane’ and ‘insane’ can be hard to pin down.

But we are human, and parts do fail whether we like it or not.

Thanks for your comments just the same.

]]> By: Meiliken http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-177 Meiliken Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:53:17 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-177 Actually, mental illness is a fraud. And anyone who professes to see it are just cattle following the herd. Mental illness is only people trying to get attention. It is usually caused by some kind of trauma the person experienced growing up. It's exactly like someone that is choked as a child, growing up fearing anything put on his neck. It's a simple mindset that can be changed with a simple thought. Hasn't anyone else noticed that the more "cures" we come out with, the more "illnesses" seem to pop up as the years go by. Go back several thousand years, and none of these "illnesses" existed. They are a fabrication of idiocy. Someone look at me, give me attention, I'm insane! Grow up everyone, leave childishness back when you were chidren. Actually, mental illness is a fraud. And anyone who professes to see it are just cattle following the herd. Mental illness is only people trying to get attention. It is usually caused by some kind of trauma the person experienced growing up. It’s exactly like someone that is choked as a child, growing up fearing anything put on his neck. It’s a simple mindset that can be changed with a simple thought. Hasn’t anyone else noticed that the more “cures” we come out with, the more “illnesses” seem to pop up as the years go by. Go back several thousand years, and none of these “illnesses” existed. They are a fabrication of idiocy. Someone look at me, give me attention, I’m insane! Grow up everyone, leave childishness back when you were chidren.

]]> By: Grabochev http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-176 Grabochev Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:50:18 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-176 Rasputi and Braddet, I am a solipsist with similar "Thoughtlets" and I very much like that name for them as I now can call them something and describe them to someone else. Rasputi and Braddet,

I am a solipsist with similar “Thoughtlets” and I very much like that name for them as I now can call them something and describe them to someone else.

]]> By: spooky http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-175 spooky Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:05:23 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-175 The one criteria for diagnosis that ALL psych diagnoses have is that it must seriously impair your normal life. So, Christine, if you're working or going to school and living normally, you're okay. The one criteria for diagnosis that ALL psych diagnoses have is that it must seriously impair your normal life. So, Christine, if you’re working or going to school and living normally, you’re okay.

]]> By: ellen http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-174 ellen Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:36:13 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-174 It was hard to watch. It was hard to watch.

]]> By: Saraj http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-173 Saraj Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:33:57 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-173 Christine, as long as what you are hearing isn't interfering with your ability to live life then you should be okay. Christine, as long as what you are hearing isn’t interfering with your ability to live life then you should be okay.

]]> By: amie http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-172 amie Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-172 my mother has paranoid schizophrenia. I can't imagine hearing all those voices at once, it was very disorienting to me. Very good video though, thanks for posting it. my mother has paranoid schizophrenia. I can’t imagine hearing all those voices at once, it was very disorienting to me. Very good video though, thanks for posting it.

]]> By: Therealjoe http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-171 Therealjoe Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:22:11 +0000 http://funkythoughts.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/the-sights-and-sounds-of-schizophrenia/#comment-171 At first it just felt weird but then it wasn't bad. If it makes you kill yourself then it must be worse than this. At first it just felt weird but then it wasn’t bad.

If it makes you kill yourself then it must be worse than this.

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