no one is perfect, everyone is crazy.
we all constantly make decisions and perform actions with no basis in logic, the end result of our individual personalities.
Emil Kraepelin developed the medically accepted categorical approach to psychology, which labels individuals as
manic-depressive
psychotic
schizophrenic
etc.
schizotypy is a broad concept that advocates a continuum of psychological states with these conditions at one end of the spectrum and total sanity at the other.
the concept is by no means unified, there are many interpretations.
schizotypes commonly experience four categories of symptoms:
abnormal perception
scattered thoughts
introversion
unstable moods
they are also more creative and prolific, less inhibited.
the contrast is turned up on their world.
tortured artists
keep a diary.
chase a squirrel.
take drugs.
bite your fingernails.
skip class.
there is no logical reason to paint a picture or write a poem.
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