Schizophrenia

I have a hunch about what schizophrenia really is. I think that people who have schizophrenia fluctuate between their understanding of the world and directly experiencing the world. However, they have not developed the ability to interact from their direct connection to the world, yet they do not have a firm grasp on their understanding of the world either. This naturally leads to complete dysfunction, constant confusion and an inability to behave “normally” according to our society’s standards. If we saw schizophrenia as a natural part of transitioning into deeper, meta-understandings of the world rather than an illness, our methods of treating it would probably be very different. We as a culture have a tendency to suppress, cover-up and eliminate any symptoms of behavior that are abnormal. If we instead embraced these abnormalities as something very beneficial to achieving a more holistic connection to the world we live in, imagine the differences we would see in the treatment of psychological disorder.