Symptoms of Schizotypal Disorder

Split personality is a type of mental personality disorder. Split personality refers to the patient having two or more different personalities. People of this type have many symptoms, such as being unkempt, wearing strange clothes, being cold to others and to family members, having some sexual illusions, and having many hallucinations. Split personality is also difficult to treat.

Symptoms of Schizotypal Disorder

Symptoms of schizophrenia include patients having strange beliefs and abnormal behaviors that are inconsistent with their own cultural background. They may also believe in the existence of clairvoyance, telepathy, special abilities, or even a sixth sense.

Patients often have strange, abnormal or peculiar behaviors and appearances. It manifests itself in strange or unkempt clothing, behavior that is inappropriate for the time and place, one's own habits, and unclear goals.

Patients with schizophrenia have strange speech behaviors, often going off topic, using inappropriate words, using inappropriate language, or expressing opinions unclearly, etc., and these behaviors are usually not caused by cultural level or intellectual disabilities. Patients also have some unusual perceptual experiences, such as transient delusions, hallucinations, or seeing people who are not there.

People with schizophrenia are cold to others, even their own family members, and lack warmth and consideration. The expression is very indifferent, and there is no deep or vivid emotional experience. They often act alone, and their active interactions with others are usually limited to necessary contacts in life or work.

The dangers of split personality disorder

1. Affecting the patient's normal life

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that has a huge impact on patients. Schizophrenia deprives them of the right to enjoy a normal life. The duration of schizophrenia is very long. Some patients may even suffer from the disease for decades, which seriously affects their normal life.

2. Causing harm to the patient’s family members

Schizophrenia not only affects the patient himself, but also brings countless difficulties and pain to the patient's family. When a patient with schizophrenia is ill, his thoughts and emotions are not under his control. Because they are controlled by the disease, their perception and reaction to reality are often abnormal.

Their thoughts and emotions are not under their control

Therefore, patients with schizophrenia firmly believe in the things in their hallucinations, so their words and deeds are controlled by mental symptoms, and they may do things that hurt others.

3. Cause suicide incidents

Up to 40% of patients with schizophrenia may attempt suicide during their lifetime, and suicide is also the most common cause of death in patients with schizophrenia. When patients with schizophrenia become ill, they are prone to severe depression, which can easily lead to suicide.

Lack of care or inadequate care for patients can also lead to suicidal tendencies. Hallucinations may occur. Patients with schizophrenia may hear someone ordering them to commit suicide or feel that someone around them wants to harm them, and they may have no choice but to commit suicide.

Living alone or without comfort can lead to suicide. Highly educated schizophrenia patients are aware of their mental problems and future conditions, and choose to commit suicide due to their fear of schizophrenia and fear of discrimination from outsiders. Drug abuse leads to physical and mental fatigue and makes people more prone to suicide.