.............."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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