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Schizophrenia is not an all or nothing. It's not like one resistor fries and suddenly they're hearing voices completely indistinguishable from reality. Some p
by retrac 4y ago
Schizophrenia is not an all or nothing. It's not like one resistor fries and suddenly they're hearing voices completely indistinguishable from reality. Some people have partial or even significant insight into their illness. That is to say, they are aware and appreciate that their thinking is disordered, or that the voices are actually internal, and they have coping methods. Some methods of coping like reality testing seem like they can be taught, and it does seem likely to me that having a lot of general intelligence would make such a thing more effective.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoFrom my experience (and those on a bipolar discord server) coping mechanisms can definitely be taught. Most of them are rather simple in concept but almost all of them are absolutely exhausting to use. Trying to work full time while using coping mechanisms had me sitting in a chair, unable to function, after 5pm. I serious started to ask myself if living was worth living if that was all there was to it.