Symptoms Of Schizophrenia

•Hallucinations and illusions

•Delusions

•Disordered thinking

•Lack of emotional expression

•Inappropriate reactions


*Symptoms of Children who suffer from Shizphrenia are different from what adults symptoms are..

Early warning signs of schizophrenia in children include:
•Trouble distinguishing dreams from reality

•Confusing television or movies with reality

•Seeing things and hearing voices that are not real

•Confused thinking

•Extreme moodiness

•A belief that people are "out to get them"

•Behaving younger than one's age

•Severe anxiety and fearfulness

•Severe problems in making and keeping friends

20 Questions ??

* what are the side effects of the medication for it?
* what is Schizophrenia?
* Can you die from schizphrenia?
* Can you ever be too old to get it?
* Can schizophrenia go away?
* What are the symptoms?
* Are people born with schizphrenia?
* How severe can schizphrenia get?
* Can you have schizophrenia for the rest of your life?
* How does schizphrenia make people act?
* Do people who suffer from it eventually become completely crazy?
* Are people who suffer from schizophrenia aware they suffer from it?
* What are some of the strange behavior we might see from someone who suffers from it?
* Can someone who has it live a normal life ?
* what are some of the Emotions a person who suffers from Schizophrnia might feel?
* Where does the word Schizophrenia come from?
* when was Schizophrenia first discoverd?
* Do you have to take medication in order to be okay the rest of your life?
* Does your body physically change when you have schizophrenia?
* What would be the first sign, to look for?

The Strange Behavior Angela goes thRough.

SOme of the strange behavior Angela goes through is , she will randomly start dancing, and she hears voice that go away but eventually come back and only she can hear them. In one chapter , she went into the bathroom and she shaved her whole hair off and kept looking at herself in the mirror!

What the book humming whispers is about....

I Just finished reading "Humming Whispers" by Angela Johnson. In My book there is a young girl who her sister has been hospitalized before for strange behavior. Her sister Nicole, hears whispers that noone else can hear but her. She does very strange and random things. Nicoles doctors have diagnoised her with Schizophrenia. this has been happening to nicole since she was 14yr old and now she is 25! Her sister sophie who is 14 is scared this will happen to her.
Has anyone else read This book?