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[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 80 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Early signs of dementia or paranoid schizophrenia, maybe.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

cant dx schizophrenia without more info. all we can identify is a few reported symptoms from a third party. the secret messages are called Loose Associations and that with the persistence of belief in the face of evidence to the contrary indicates a delusional belief, but those can occur in several psychotic disorders. for schizophrenia we'd at least need to confirm two out of three of bizarre motor activity, disorganized speech, and preferably some negative (withdrawing) symptoms like flat affect, avolition, etc

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thought schizophrenia also needed an audio or visual hallucinatory component?

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

nope! either/or. usually has both delusions and hallucinations but as long as there's at least one

and with minimal insights, they may not perceive the voices as hallucinations. to them it might be a broadcast or just a noise or something

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well there goes my Psych 101 education from 35 years ago!

hey you were close, sounds like you remembered something

[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That means anon is genetically more likely to develop either/both too.

If any of you all have a family member suffering from those you should avoid triggers that can cause onset on an early age like smoking weed, especially under 25 years old.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Yup. I doubt OOP is going to read this, but it's still very important advice. 👍