Experiencing schizophrenia or watching someone with schizophrenia can be a frightening experience. Understanding symptoms is important so that the person can receive help. If you or someone you know has schizophrenia contact your physician for a referral to a counselor or a psychiatrist.
Hallucinations:
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Visual (seeing things that are not there)
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Tactile (touch)
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Olfactory (smell)
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Gustatory (taste)
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Auditory (hearing voices others cannot hear)
Delusions:
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False beliefs with evidence to contrary
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Delusions of persecution, which are false
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Other examples are feelings of being conspired against, being a victim of mind control, being poisoned.
Disordered thinking:
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Thoughts coming and going
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Inability to concentrate
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Easily distracted
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Unable to connect thoughts logically
Emotional expression:
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Blunted or flat affect
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No signs of normal expression
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Diminished facial experience
