[UA] Schizophrenia

[James O'Rance]

"Kevin Mowery" <kemowery at earthlink.net> said:

 >>>The thing is, he wants to find a cure for the cure!  All his life, he's 
had voices keeping him company; now he's alone.  Or he used to think he was 
able to hear other people's thoughts, now he feels like he's cut off from 
everyone.<<<

>From what I understand of schizophrenia, it is a disturbing, even traumatic 
thing to hear thoughts that you do not believe to belong to you. I don't 
know how many people "cured" of mental illness wish they still suffered from 
it, but I'm guessing that it's not many. Genuinely desiring a mentally ill 
state is probably a form of sicknes sin itself.

I'd have some difficulty believing in this situation unless it was very 
convincingly depicted.

Personal example: When I suffered depression in the past, I was quite happy 
to allow myself to sink deeper. There's a self-destructive urge that is 
quite easy to fulfill when you feel that way.

These days, I never think "Gee, a bit if depression might be diverting right 
now." It's just not an attractive option anymore. I'd rather be the chatty 
fellow that I've become.

After therapy (or life-changing circumstances that break you out of the 
cycle of emotional problems) do you think that an adept ever finds himself 
not as obsessed with his "insane" behaviour as he used to be? What if an 
epideromancer loses the urge to cut himself, and thus the obesseion with 
epideromancy - does he lose his magical knowledge, or just the benefit of an 
obsession skill?


Cheers,

James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

http://www.geocities.com/dragon-dreamer





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