Mentail Illness Poem

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is uncommon and affects more than 23 million people across the globe. It has a profound effect on the affected individual health as well as those living around them. The signs and symptoms of the disorder occur in individuals between their late teens and early thirties. The disease commonly develops earlier in men than in females. In most cases, the individual can show abnormal behaviors from childhood but become essential as the individual gets older, while in other individuals, the symptoms may appear suddenly. The condition is lifelong, but treatments help in managing the symptoms of the disease. Schizophrenia is a severe condition that affects an individual's mental health, leading to various lessons and more facts about schizophrenia.

Most individuals have looked at people with this condition as abnormal and unable to do what other people can do. People with schizophrenia view the world differently, view the world from a different perspective, and challenge what is seen, as usual, hence offering an exciting perspective. Individuals with these conditions argue that the world is not a nice place but can be more enjoyable with imagination (Hardcastle &Valerie, 381). They feel different from ordinary people, which makes their life a little bit difficult. The recovery journey is challenging, but individuals affected with the condition show that one can overcome life difficulties with the right attitude and perspective. The individual’s tech that having various positions can bring hope that better days will come.

People with schizophrenia are seen as crazy individuals but teach ordinary people to see life differently and show how to add passion to live. Stigmatization against these individuals is harsh as people with these conditions are poor, unemployed, and homeless (Krupchanka et al., 129). The condition is a treatable mental illness, and such patients should be treated with love and support, and those individuals can manage the condition and live a productive life. The patients should be treated with individuals with a good understanding of the condition. These individuals' treatment requires good discipline to avoid particular behaviors are upheld, and all the prescribed medication is always taken to avoid excessive behavior.

One of the exciting things about schizophrenia is that specialists are not sure what is the leading cause of schizophrenia but think that it's caused by various factors such as environmental factors and brain chemistry. The NIMH argues that the condition is primarily genetic, and multiple genes might increase the individual's risk of developing schizophrenia (Fekete et al.,396). People with schizophrenia are in a position to experience such as grey matter leading to insufficient information processing in the brain. Besides drug usage as a teenager, prenatal exposure to viruses that affect brain development, malnutrition, and psychological factors play a significant role. From this research, no behavior and environmental factors lead to schizophrenia.

It is believed that men are more likely to evolve this condition, unlike women. Specialists are not sure why this happens and have some theories. One of the theories is that the high levels of hormones, including estrogen in females, can intercept the imbalance in neurotransmitters like glutamate and dopamine implicated in schizophrenia ((Fekete et al.,396). Additionally, men and women have different symptoms of schizophrenia. For example, men tend to have more negative symptoms while women are related to mood-related symptoms. Both men and women can develop this condition.

In conclusion, schizophrenia is a severe disease that destroys and affects the mental health of different people. The process of recovery requires peace and love and proper medication to ensure a full recovery. These individuals help other individuals to know the value of life. Besides, studies show that no single environmental factor has led to the development of schizophrenia. It has been both men and women experience different symptoms, and men experience other signs and symptoms.

Works Cited

Fekete, Judit, et al. "Persons With Schizophrenia Misread Hemingway: A New Approach to Study Theory of Mind in Schizophrenia." Frontiers in Psychiatry 11 (2020): 396.

Hardcastle, Valerie Gray. "Predicting the self: lessons from schizophrenia." Review of Philosophy and Psychology 10.2 (2019): 381-400.

Krupchanka, D., et al. "Experience of stigma and discrimination in families of persons with schizophrenia in the Czech Republic." Social Science & Medicine 212 (2018): 129-135.