“Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair” this was expressed by R.D. Laing who is a psychiatrist that wrote books about the experience of psychosis. It is very common for a person to have an unpleasant reaction to a person who is coping with schizophrenia. Majority of the disdain comes from lack of knowledge and lack of comprehension of the mental illness. About two hundred thousand to three million people a year are affected by schizophrenia. The abilities of a person who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia will be diminished because the mind is trying to distinguish what is real and what is not. Society doesn’t understand people with schizophrenia which creates a barrier between society and those dealing with the disease. The label “schizophrenia” was created which means split “schizo” minds “phren” it was derived from Greek words by a Swiss Psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler. Dr. Bleuler initially wanted the meaning to refer to a disorder of how the brain is processing thoughts and feelings. There has been reporting of the psychotic disorder since 1911. Schizophrenia is not a new illness to the world. The first patient that was documented was reported to have a lack of connection between their thought process and emotional response to situations. There are different levels of the mental illness and no cases are really the same as another case. Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorder that distorted the mind. Meaning a person symptom can
