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*Am·ne·sia*

Main Entry:    *am·ne·sia*

Pronunciation:            am-'nE-zh&

Function:        /noun/

Etymology:     New Latin, from Greek /amnEsia /forgetfulness, alteration of /amnEstia/

Date:   1786

*1*: loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness

*2*: a gap in one's memory

*3*: the selective overlooking or ignoring of those events or acts that are not favorable or useful to one's purpose or position

- *am·ne·si·ac*  ~/-zhE-"ak, -zE-~/ /or/ *am·ne·sic*  ~/-zik, -sik~/ /adjective or noun/

 

*Emo·tion*

Main Entry:    *emo·tion*

Pronunciation:            i-'mO-sh&n

Function:        /noun/

Etymology:     Middle French, from /emouvoir /to stir up, from Old French /esmovoir, /from Latin /emovEre /to remove, displace, from /e- + movEre /to move

Date:   1579

*1 a* /obsolete/ *: DISTURBANCE* *b* *: EXCITEMENT*

*2 a*: the affective aspect of consciousness *: FEELING* *b*: a state of feeling *c* *:* a psychic and physical reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling and physiologically involving changes that prepare the body for immediate vigorous action

*synonym* see FEELING

 

*Dis·turbed*

Function:        /adjective/ Date:           1904

*:* showing symptoms of emotional illness </disturbed/ children> </disturbed/ behavior>

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*Schizo·phre·nia*

Pronunciation:            "skit-s&-'frE-nE-&

Function:        /noun/

Etymology:     New Latin

Date:   1912

*1*: a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought (as in hallucinations and delusions), and conduct -- called also /dementia praecox/

*2*: contradictory or antagonistic qualities or attitudes <both parties... have exhibited /schizophrenia/ over the desired outcome -- Elizabeth Drew>

- *schizo·phren·ic*  ~/-'fre-nik~/ /adjective or noun/

- *schizo·phren·i·cal·ly*  ~/-ni-k (&-)lE~/ /adverb/

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*Emotional *-* Amnesia ~/ *(*Dis·turbed) Schizo·phrenia*

*/1:/*/ a psychic and physical reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling and physiologically involving changes that prepare the body for immediate vigorous action/

*/2/*/: loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness/

*/3:/*/ showing symptoms of emotional illness <disturbed children> <disturbed behavior>/

/a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling and thoughts.

Most severe cases involve hallucinations and delusions./

*/4/*/: a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought (as in hallucinations and delusions), and conduct -- called also dementia praecox/

*Emotional Schizophrenia*

For the last 20 years of intense research I have been trying to understand the reason(s) why an individual would feel like he~/she was a prisoner within his or her own mind and~/or body.

Looking normal on the outside yet living a completely different life within their own mind.

Much like John Nash whose story was used for the Academy award winning film, 'A beautiful Mind'.

A genius in the math field and taught on a University level yet lived within his own world mentally.

So much he at one time denounced his citizenship to the USA went overseas and actually tried to start his own country.

The book of course goes into more detail then the movie.

His wife chose to stay with him through his adventures, separating for a while with their child but was able to support him when he was institutionalized until they found the right medication for him.

With her support and the support of his friends and collogues, Mr. Nash was eventually allowed to once again teach math on the university level.

His case was instrumental in the education and treatment of an individual with the mental disorder of Schizophrenia.

One of the most powerful emotional medications was that of understanding and support.

As a problem solver in his career, he set out to solve this mental illness.

The solution did not come without its pain.

Physically he needed to remain on the medication in order to function as a 'normal' person in a 'real' world.

The medication caused him not to be able to perform sexually.

When he went off of his medication in order to have a family life, his symptoms returned.

Emotionally this caused marital difficulties.

Guilt, shame, and sense of a failure in his sexual relations with his wife vs. staying on his medication to remain functional as a 'real normal' human being.

The decisions to live a healthy life came with an emotional price tag.

One of the notable aspects of a person with Schizophrenia is a genius talent or ability, like in the movie 'Sunshine"? a symphonic piano player, then there was the man on 20~/20 who was a jazz trumpet player who as long as he was playing music he was top of his field, but struggling in the interview with him, he said when he stopped playing the voices in his head would start up again.

*Similarities*

The voices of disorder or over active imaginations seem to quite down when engaged in their talent but restart when not engaged within their specialty.

With the correct medication people like John Nash have become functional Schizophrenics.

Without medication their minds never seem to shut down which leads to insomniacs, sleep apnea, clinical manic depression, Bipolar, borderline personality and a host of other mental disorder related areas.

Some may go 2-3 days without sleep or survive on 2 to 4 twenty to thirty minute power naps during the day.

3-4 hours of sleep becomes the norm for them.

They sometimes get ambitious with an idea and with it comes the desire to accomplish and become compulsive in doing so until the task is completed.

It's like they can see a project from start to finish but lack the patience while in the process of producing.

They want to know NOW without having to take the time to learn.

They can't understand why others can't see (in their minds eye) the same things as they.

Once the project is complete they collapse in a state of exhaustion and or do fall into a time of depression while waiting on the next idea or project to develop.

Much like a drug addict or alcoholic during and after a fix.

Going from one end of the emotional pendulum to the other.

Sorting through these thought processes can be like peeling an onion, a lot of crying and taking it one layer at a time.

Easily misdiagnosed and most frustrating to the individual who is able to function as what looks like a normal individual life in a normal dysfunctional society.

A tendency that lends to labeling and misplacing them in society.

However their extraordinary talents and extreme intelligence provides them with the ability to cope for a short time period as if they were "normal".

Some are able to cope like this for around 6-9 months at a time.

One of the biggest challenges is trying to cope with the simple vs. the complexity of the everyday coping skills.

This makes it difficult /(not impossible with the correct balance of medication)/ to retain employment outside of their own business for any length of duration.

THE NEED to conquer the challenge sets the achievement bar extremely high.

What seems complex to the normal functioning adult, are the simple of problem solving skills to him~/her.

On the flip side, to some mental disorders what seems simple to the normal functioning adult confuses this individual.

The obvious of the simplicity becomes the "trick question" -"What's the real hidden meaning behind the problem"-"the reading between the lines syndrome" when in reality the answer is simple and most obvious.

*Mental Disorders and similarities to **Schizophrenia*

This has led me to believe that the symptoms of the Schizophrenic are similar to, (if not a degree of the same disorder) that the medical society has diagnosed as a mental illness in the DSM IV.

GID or know as:

Gender Identity Disorder.

Transgendered.

Transsexuallity.

A woman who feels like she is a man trapped in a female body and a male who feels thinks and has the emotional constitution of an XX brain of a female but the XY (chromosomes) body of a male.

The driving force for one to redesign their body to fit their mind is a real compulsive perception on the individuals part.

So much so that it consumes the individuals mind blocking out the daily needs of a normal 'real' lifestyle.

This most often leads to rejection of their family, fired from their jobs and asked to no longer participate in their church community.

Yet this overwhelming desire takes precedence over, sometimes, life itself.

Confusion on both the individual and families of the transsexual becomes the norm.

By the testimonies of pre and post surgical transsexuals is that they are still the same person in all aspects of life, except for outward appearances.

Families, employers and society think that this individual completely changes mentally and emotionally becoming mentally unstable when choosing a different gender in which they were born.

Contrary to beliefs they do not.

The transsexuals are basically the very same individuals they have always felt they were when feeling trapped in the wrong body.

They have just adapted the body to fit the mind.

What then is the proper medical and societal opinion of one who chooses to return to live in their birth gender after the sex reassignment surgery?