Friday, November 28, 2008

jessicarulestheuniverse.com

.............."In Edge, Christopher Badcock expounds on the Imprinted Brain Theory, which aims to sort out contradictions in explaining mental illness. The essay includes this helpful chart comparing hypo-mentalistic (autism) and hyper-mentalistic (psychosis) disorders. (I strongly advise that hypochondriacs stop reading this NOW.)

Autism/Asperger’s syndrome Psychosis/Paranoid schizophrenia
gaze-monitoring deficits delusions of being watched/spied on
apparent deafness/insensitivity to voices hallucination of and hyper-sensitivity to voices
deficits in interpreting others’ intentions erotomania/delusions of persecution
deficits in appreciating shared-attention/groups delusions of conspiracy
theory of mind deficits magical ideation/delusions of reference
deficit in sense of personal agency/episodic memory megalomania/delusions of grandeur
literalness/inability to deceive delusional self-deception
pathological single-mindedness pathological ambivalence
early onset late onset " ...................

from jessica zafra's blog


i love it!
my blog name is really the twisted version of the actual sickness 'paranoid schizophrenia'
talk about real psychosis

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