The Role Of Schizophrenia In My Life

One current psychological phenomenon in my life is schizophrenia. My cousin has recently displayed the beginning stages of schizophrenia, although he has not yet been clinically diagnosed with the disorder. Schizophrenia has many commons symptoms including ones such as hallucinations, hearing voices, and confused thinking. The disorder is mainly believed to cause changes in the way people think, as well as emotional and behavioral changes. Although my cousin’s sense of reasoning logically is impaired, and people think of him as crazy, he is actually an intelligent human being. He has managed to complete 2 years of college due to help from his family and therapists that helped him cope with his schizophrenia. He wasn’t always like this growing up. As it turns out in high school, he began experimenting with drugs and after several relapses in and out of rehab, this is …show more content…
Sometimes it’s trial and error trying to find the right medication for that person. My cousin has been on medication that in some instances the side effects are worse than the disease. After taking the drugs, the hallucinations go away after a few days, but the delusions will take a few weeks to go away completely. If he stops taking the drug treatments suddenly, the symptoms will come back worse than they originally were. He would need to gradually come off of the medication after speaking with a doctor first. The ways to treat schizophrenia, and make living with it manageable, revolve around learning how to recognize signs of relapses and how to cope with recurring symptoms. My cousin is involved with individual therapy sessions with a professional as well as family therapy sessions which help my aunt and uncle how to cope living with somebody that has schizophrenia. Another treatment is social skills training which helps to improve communication skills and interactions in society.
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