/sci/ - Science & Math

computer graphics.

many people don't know this but it's also one of the most pure mathematical specialization of CS. So if you like math, it's a good thing.

Schizophrenia is the third most debilitating illness in the world, right behind quadriplegia and dementia. For decades, people know of it's existence but diagnostic material has changed. Both bipolar disorder and autism were once considered symptoms of schizophrenia. So was anxiety, depression, trauma, etc. But there is still a parallel between the symptoms of psychosis and negative symptoms. And very little is understood about psychosis. There is a high genetic similarity between schizophrenia and autism too, since they both evolved at the exact same time in human evolution. The similarities between autism and schizophrenia are interesting, since they both lead to genius level intelligence and introversion. Both have mild and severe forms with mild being an advantage and severe being a detriment. A lot of posters on /x/ seem to have both disorders. Quite honestly, I'm diagnosed with autism and schizoaffective disorder, so I have experience. I'm reluctant to speak positive about psychology because it's still in infancy, but I have learned much from it. The treatment for many mental disorders actually make the person worse off.

tl;dr why were both autism and schizophrenia so important in human development? There is also no cure whatsoever for both and you can be born with them.

>>9079524
What really makes my mind unique is that I am diagnosed with both Schizophrenia AND Autism. Schizophrenia came first, than Autism Spectrum Disorder. Both have similar AND conflicting symptoms so when they combine, weird shit happens. I starting having symptoms of schizophrenia when I was 14 and it literally felt like my reality was bending it's true form around me and wanted to tell me something. Not like it was conscious to do that, but that there was a reason that only I knew. Not saying anyone else isn't capable of that way of thinking. It's just unique to me because I have had a strange experience growing up.
I can't prove to you that I have mental illness, it's what the qualified psychologists say from observing me over a 4 month period in a mental facility for troubled kids. I talked to them for a while and they understood how I felt, at times they didn't because I have a lot of trouble being coherent with communication.
>>9079530
It just confused me, because I took it that it was aimed at me when I wasn't involved in the conversation long enough to even discredit it.

>>9011080
Well yeah, there might be a few succesful people with schizophrenia but most people with it are hardly succesful
People with schizotypy and bipolar disorder seem to have some advantage

As for autism Simon Baron-Cohen and recent research have certainly made the case that autism can be an advantage

Picture related is my favorite graph I collected but it seems highly speculative so I don't know how legit it is

That schizophrenics have brain overconnectivity and people with autism (local) underconnectivity seems much less controversial

>>8853869
Their prefrontal cortex and hippocampus are smaller, so is the part of the brain responsible for balance and proprioception whatever it's called. Basically the only parts that are bigger are the visual spatial and sensory area. Actually I think there's more to it but Autism affects so much shit that's it's hard to tell and I really can't remember it all. Don't take my word for it. Here's another pic.

Time to dump my autism folder. Here is the first part.
Remember: don't take everything at face value.