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How is the social life of scizophrenics at school?

Michelle Allen
07/09/08

Doing a research project. Very urgent to get answers!!

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

First,  you need to be able to spell schizophrenia correctly.  Secondly, this is not a site where you can come to do a last-minute report instead of researching your subject thoroughly.  There are many online sites including this one and www.schizophrenia.com where you can get a lot of good information.

 

But as long as you are asking, I believe schizophrenia did affect how I perceived things during my schooling.  I was paranoid, therefore I avoided many activities I might have enjoyed otherwise.  For instance, I avoided large groups of people, so I hid in the restroom during pep rallies.  This was in middle and high school.  When I went on to college, I began to see auras around people.  I had trouble telling how fast or slow the traffic was going around me.  I only slept a few hours every night and I was growing more depressed.  There were 4 "people" in my head watching me all the time, which made me feel uncomfortable.  I was very reserved and non-emotional and even reclusive.  I began to dress in black all the time because I thought it echoed my black mood, kind of a non-verbal way of expressing myself.

 

Schizophrenia also kept me from taking a full load in college.  I managed to make mostly A's and a couple of B's so it didn't effect my ability to learn and be tested on what I had learned.  Mostly, interpersonal relationships were what suffered the most.

 

Hope some of this helps.

 

Carolyn

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mimi is doing well . a little bored since I cant solve my puzzles any more.

Friday, July 11, 2008

I am living with schizophrenia and I am a student .I am on medications so I Function normally. I do not go out of my way to socialize but I do chat when in a group setting .I do very well in school ,I'm just like everyone else you would not know I have this illness,  I keep that part of my life private .

 

Most of my family doesn't even know .

 

I hope this helped some what .

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Schizophrenia is a syndrome characterized by disturbances in emotions, thought, activity, and language, that leaves patients fearful and withdrawn.

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