The phenomenon of SZ

Yes, that is most likely one of the biggest problems, not being able not to believe in what a person believes. It requires a complete rewiring of the mind which is the objective and as far as I know, the only one that can do that is the individuals themselves. This person in particular, had to not believe in being able to read thoughts and send thoughts and it was extremely believable that it was possible because of everything that this individual saw. He saw virtual miracles and he had to not believe in them. The only thing that he could come up with was that there was a spirit of some kind putting the same or similar thoughts in both people. The hallucinations were also very real and it was hard for this person to not to believe what this person was seeing. Sounds are also hard to deny. It was as if the person had to go against everything that was real and that took some courage because what if it all was true but for the sake of sanity, the person went ahead and was able to negate all of it so that there were no longer any symptoms but it took literally years to accomplish, about five to be exact and then about ten years to have the courage that it would not return.

I don't know if my case of schizoaffective would be considered mild or not but I believe thanks to the proper medication which for me now is 500 milligrams of Seroquel I am the most stable I have been in years. I do know that was not always the case. When I first was diagnosed in 1983 I was pretty sick to put in mildly. I had ECT treatments in 1983 and again in 1986 and since my initial diagnosis I have been on a wide array of medications. Aftet much trial and error with my psychiatrist he has for now have me feeling good about myself. No it has not always been that way and yes I stil have my ups and downs in life but I Thank God I am feeling the Best I have in years!

I think that medication is a way to change a person's thought patterns but a soon as the person returns to "normal", the same thought patterns return unless the person is able to somehow change that. I don't even know if that is possible for everyone to be able to make a change like that and I don't even know if it would work for all people. My hope is that it can work for at least some of the people.

Each person does seem to be different and that is to be expected because of our physiological make up. Our genes tend to channel us in various directions and cultural environments also seem to be a factor and how a person was raised. These affect a person's thought patterns. The person I know had to just stop thinking the same way.

A similar example of a phenomenon like that was when they did experiments like turning a person's vision right side up so that the person had to learn everything all over again. It was a very hard thing to go through.