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By Daleri Wednesday, August 05, 2009

One of the "symptoms" that my friend had was that he would have these "prophetic" events were he would have an intuition of something happening just before it happened but at times, it was rather confusing as to which actually happened first. At other times, it was quite convincing. Even so, he has since given up on these kinds of "signs and wonders" because, of course, that has issues of its own for theological reasons. There were many reasons to believe in such occurrences. One specific example was when he was putting a nickel on end on a counter that had a relatively rough surface. As other people began observing, he just grabbed the nickel and abruptly placed it down on the rough surface and let go while the nickel stayed on end. Sure, it could have been a coincidence but incidents such as that were quite frequent. Other people then tried to make the nickel stand on end but they were not able to do it. It was like his belief was so strong that he just made it happen. It was things similar to this that irritated his immediate boss so much that he refused to work with him any longer and actually fired him at one point even though his job performance was excellent. The owner invited him back but he just quit. It was shortly after that, he had a massive attack of sz where he was not able to sleep or eat for three days straight. It is a good story considering that he was able to make a complete recovery all on his own.

Everyone on this site is so nice.
8/ 5/09 5:13pm

It is common, Daleri, for people with sz to think they have special powers, or to ascribe major and minor coincidences or events to these "special powers."  That is what a delusion is.  Is your friend on medication for schizophrenia?  His ability to keep a job may depend on being med-compliant.   The most special power we have as humans is not balancing a coin on edge but is empathy, compassion, love, generosity, self-control, joy, patience, kindness, etc.

 

Carolyn

8/ 5/09 5:41pm

Hi Carolyn,

 

Your point is well taken. The important "miracle" is a transformed life (for the better). He no longer does those things. He no longer has any of those symptoms. He never took any medication. Even "miracles" get boring after a while anyway and the real miracle is to be able to do all of the right things all of the time. That is what grace is.

Christina Bruni, Health Guide
8/ 5/09 9:35pm

Hi Daleri,

 

Again, your friend is in the tiny minority who if they had schizophrenia can do without medication.  I wonder if something else was going on.

 

Regards,

Christina

8/ 5/09 10:35pm

At the time, they wanted to put him on medication and now, they don't believe that he was having those very symptoms of sz. That is about as predictable as anything. Just discount everything that he had to go through alone without him even knowing what was happening to him until years later when he saw that documentary in England about people affected by sz. His sz symptoms were severe and since he beat them on his own without any medication, just discount the whole thing or we can learn from what he did to help others affected with the same symptoms. A "normal" person is not able to go without sleep or food for three days straight. A normal person does not see and hear words at the same time or almost pass out from flames that gave him tunnel vision which only he could see and feel and does not have the person in the mirror scold him. A normal person does not hear loud explosions or continue to have hallucinations and symptoms for years to come. A normal person does not have preliminary hallucinations years earlier. Just discount all the progress and success that he has had as if nothing ever happened. I am sure that he would just love that. No wonder you never hear of any successes.

8/10/09 6:15am

Hi i am new 2 this site but certainly not new 2 the experience of mental illness!!But there is something puzzling me....Bob my very close relative is Bi Polar & 4 the past 18months he has been TORTURED by wot Drs are saying r "audio hallucinations" can any1 tell me or help me understand the difference between SZ & AHs????

8/10/09 10:48pm

That would be a good question for the doctor. It sounds the same to me except that with sz, it is often both audio and visual but I suppose it could be just audio too.

Christina Bruni, Health Guide
8/12/09 9:58am

Hi,

 

Audio hallucinations is another word for hearing voices.

 

Regards,

Christina

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By Daleri— Last Modified: 12/19/10, First Published: 08/05/09