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It would be possible, but very difficult. You would have to be an expert in schizophrenia in order to fake all of the symptoms and fool the psychiatrists. You would also have to keep up the pretence for a long time. There would be a lot more chances for you to trip and act normal than there would for you to fake it.
However, it is possible. People fake mental illness a lot of the time (Munchausen's Syndrome, though this is more commonly physical illness). However, why you would want to is beyond me as it will most likely involve you being "voluntarily" admitted to a psychiatric ward or community care team or being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, giving the ability for doctors to forcibly give you depot injections of antipsychotic medication.
In fact, there was an experiment done by the psychologist David Rosenhan that showed that people could fake schizophrenia (I'm not sure if it was paranoid schizophrenia or not) well enough to get into a mental hospital. A group of subjects agreed to go to a mental hospital and say that they had auditory hallucinations (hearing voices). They were, in fact, perfectly normal. Many of them were locked up for weeks or even months before they decided to stop.
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What is wrong with describing someone as being schizophrenic?
Describing someone as schizophrenic is not using person-first language. Person-first language is putting the person before the disorder, so that you do not refer to someone as being their disorder. Saying that someone is schizophrenic implies that that person is defined by schizophrenia. Instead of saying that someone is schizophrenic, try saying that the person has schizophrenia.
How often does someone commit suicide from being schizophrenic?
Ten to fifteen percent of people with schizophrenia end up committing suicide.
Can someone with asperger's syndrome be schizophrenic as well?
Yes.
Your wife is pregnant and your sister is schizophrenic what the chances your kids will get schizophrenia?
The chances of someone whose aunt is schizophrenic developing schizophrenia is 4 percent, which is higher than normal (the chance for someone without a schizophrenic relative is 1.1 percent), but not very high.
What are things to do for a guy like you?
Being yourself is the best way to get to know someone. If you try to be someone you're not, that is called being fake.
What are the characteristics of a paranoid schizophrenic?
The characteristics of being paranoid schizophrenic are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior and the so called negative symptoms.
Was Sigmund Freud diagnosed as being schizophrenic?
No...get those oodles :)
What is the name for someone who fears pentagons?
Pentagonaphobia which isn't a real word or mildly schizophrenic.
Was Joan of Arc schizophrenic?
No, she was not schizophrenic.
When you are alone she cool but when you are not she acts like someone eles why?
In one situation or another she is being fake.
Is being schizophrenic a good thing?
No. Being schizophrenic is not a good thing. A person who is schizophrenic sees things that are not there, hears voices of things that do not exist, and imagines connections that are not real. As a result, such a person strikes out and attacks others. Small children can especially suffer from being around such a person. On the other hand, if a schizophrenic person is willing to take his or her medicine and get it under control and keep it that way, the devastating problems could be turned into assets. Instead of seeing connections that are not there, it becomes possible to see connections that others can not see. Instead of screaming at someone about some crazy idea in the middle of the night, it becomes possible to make brilliant investments. The abilities that are destructive in a schizophrenic can be used to make money if used in a sane person. I have added a link that will be helpful. This is a mental illness that requires medication usually.
How did contact among people shape the world view of renaissance Italy?
a known schizophrenic contact that no one would ever dreamed of and in reality its real and not fake
