It's really strange how the mind of someone with a mental illness works! For example, a person experiencing hallucinations (whether it be auditory, visual, tactile, etc.) really truly and honestly believe they are seeing, hearing, or feeling things. For example, one of the patients with schizophrenia kept insisting she was pregnant despite the fact that her pregnancy test was negative. "Who is the father?" and she replied "the angel". She was seen mumbling to herself and when asked "who are you speaking to and where is this person?" she said "the angel and he is always here with me" as she continued to look to the corner of the ceiling. I'm honestly getting the heebee geebes just typing this...
We do have scientific explanations for such bizarre behaviors but it's hard to believe that an imbalance of neurotransmitters (as well as several other factors, all of which are not completely understood) could cause such changes in behavior and delusions and hallucinations that are all so very real to a person...
How do you convince a person that what they're experiencing is not "real" when they are absolutely convinced themselves that it is...
Well obviously we've got medications and psychotherapy and whatnot...but still! crazy!
-Abbie!
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