Schizophrenia Documentary (HBO) "Steven" Part 1/2

This documentary about schizophrenia aired on HBO sometime around 1989

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[ladyfuschia]

@Slumpnasty What is it's "real purpose" ?

[riteofapollo]

Did you realize when the father was retelling the story, and about to say, "I looked a mess. I had a big egg in the center of my head," but instead says, "in the center of my heart." Very sad.

[tytania3545]

@otisdriftwoodbaby I just don't know how to get her past the part that fortune tellers, mentalis and phyquics are hurting her more. I've even asked her if she thinks the doctors are lying to her to which she responds they are full of negativity. I'm at my wits end I have problems of my own and sufer from depresion, I don't want to but I think I can't fight this anymore.

[tytania3545]

@otisdriftwoodbaby Thank you for your intake and suport. The problem with my friend is that this has been going on for YEARS, she is on medication, but in COMPLETE denial. She has no other friends, her father is 85 and aging faster beacause of this. I have tried to warn her telling her taht friends don't CHARGE for a conversation, but she is convinced she is GIFTED and not mentally chalenged. She INSISTS shes not crazy but and indigo person and nobody understands because she IS SPECIAL.

[otisdriftwoodbaby]

@tytania3545 I too have a friend who acted this way he spent alot of money on fortune tellers he belived he could alter the course of time, he ended up in a mental health unit again, he's ok now & told me it was an episode he'd been having for weeks, maybe you're friend is having a psychotic episode show her you care & she's not alone. good friends are hard to come by.

[tytania3545]

I have a friend with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, she has been in and out of mental institutions for a long time. She is in complete denial and says she an indigo person that can see peoples auras and speaks with angels. I don't know how to aproach this and I'm the only friend she has. She belives in going to mentalists & reiki shit that take her money and tell her what she wants to hear and says her doctors are negative. Does anyone have advice for meking her take the step of aceptance?

[unafraidandtolerant]

I have mixed feelings about schizophrenia. I think it's the most horrid disease known over cancer, over heart disease because it alters your whole existence, and sometimes ends it. On the other hand, these people have something truly unique about them; they transcend in some way.

[ssm81094]

I think a diagnosis would help the patient to better understand his/her's disorder, but drugs are unnecessary unless requested by the patient. Therapy and counselling should help the patient to fully understand and cope with their disorder. Non-schizophrenics like to throw around their ideas on what the disorder is, how it feels like, how society treats it etc. But only a schizophrenic would be able to tell you how debilitating it really is. 

[Fartdemon]

to beat a baseball bat into the head of a gentlemen - he looked so proud and the camera guy burst out laughing halfway through

[Lun3thtehgamer]

@Slumpnasty so whats your theory?

[rouncer81]

this is the most pathetic condescending idiocy ive ever seen.

[rakabir1]

@Slumpnasty The real purpose of schizophrenia is to give birth to the natural man again. And you will know what mental and physical powers he will come with when he comes. Your logic should say he will be the Promised Messiah. Dig?

[Bigdawgphilleep]

@artievcudds Ok so I guess we're on the same track. But when saying "marijuana" is the cause, I disagree because marijuana is made of hundreds of chemical. And marijuana is a natural plant, so each sample of each strain is going to give different amounts of each cannabinoid. Also marijuana is not the only place we find cannabinoids , we have things call endo-cannabinoids inside us. They regulate mood and appetite among other things. I guess my problem is in the wording.

[artievcudds]

@artievcudds I also know that there have been some tests which show that CBD may have anti-psychotic properties, and this gives reason to think that, when isolated from THC, it might be effective in treating the psychotic symptoms which accompany schizophrenia and extreme cases of bi-polar disorder. But this doesn't take away from the strong correlation between marijuana use and the onset of typically permanent conditions like schizophrenia and manic depression.

[artievcudds]

@Bigdawgphilleep Yes, but I am not talking about "temporary schizo," because there is no such thing. I am talking about THC's demonstrated ability to trigger the onset of schizophrenia, which is almost always a permanent disorder, and which one one may or may not be at risk for, depending on genetic factors. THC can also trigger temporary states of psychosis, and such states form part of schizophrenia proper, but they are not the same thing.

[Bigdawgphilleep]

@artievcudds Umm... I just pointed out that THC can induce temporary schizo. But CBD is scientifically proven to be an anti-psychic, and reduces the affects of THC.

[Bigdawgphilleep]

@ladyfuschia Ayahuasca can REALLY fuck you up if you can handle it. Same it true with all psychedelics(depending on the dosage, of course). If you still have panic attacks I probably wouldn't do it. Psychedelics are very emotion/setting oriente. If you panic, it could be very scary. Before heading into Ayahuasca, I'd do a few less harsh psychedelics; salvia, mushrooms (these would help prepare for the type of nausea they bring), LSA(ergine or morning glory seeds).

[KoreaRwkz]

@ImPotatoes Evolution's purpose is for the increased chance of survival of a species in a particular environment.

[ImPotatoes]

@Slumpnasty does evolution have a purpose?

[ladyfuschia]

@Bigdawgphilleep I developed panic disorder when I was 21, a regular pot user. I had one panic attack while high and that was it!! No more pot!! I have no desire to ever use it again. But sometime I think I might try ayahuasca. Maybe.

[ladyfuschia]

@chigurh01 I am glad you are feeling well. I have bi-polar disorder and had one manic episode with delusions and a small short hallucination. I don't know but I think I might have experienced a little of what you might deal with. You must be very strong. Bless you!

[delgado4652]

I noticed that the parents of schizophrenics are usually slightly eccentric, or at least one of them. Not weird, just different. It's just sad and even scary to to think that something like this can happen to the most normal of people.

[radforest]

@ladyfuschia it's an absence of filters and barriers between thoughts. do some research on case studies and read about terrence mckenna's theories. slumpnasty has a point.

[suddenlyitsobvious]

@shanyin1234

...false narrative of evolution), that all sorts of 'genes' and genetic factors basically predispose us for all kinds of psychological and organic illnesses and that most of us need 'help'. In fact, it's all about control and completely degrading people. Your dad was simply a victim of abuse and his degenerate programming himself...