While everyone is feeling charitable, dont forget to become an organ donor! Much medical research, schizophrenia for instance, requires a steady supply of organs and tissue provided by donors in addition to money. On a related note, in spirit of spreading information about those who suffer in our midst with problems we often cant relate to, Im sharing this video by Anderson Cooper that gives a tiny insight into the daily lives of some of those afflicted with schizophrenia. In addition, in homage to the ALS challenge, here is one of my own contrivance: ------------------------------------------------- The Schizophrenia Challenge - Using headphones, listen to the auditory hallucination clip linked below for one uninterrupted 8 hour period while going about your normal daily activities. https://youtube/watch?v=JTUEX5ZkzIU Many will watch a few seconds of the clip and dismiss it as silly or trivial to cope with, but the point is that it never goes away. Never. So keep that in mind, there are no outs. If you remove the headphones before the time is up you have failed cope and have given up. You can take it to mean you have succumb to psychosis and have : - become acutely psychotic, completely disconnecting from reality - or developed a serious drug problem to help cope - or become institutionalized against your will - or as 40% of females and 60% of males do, you attempt to commit suicide ------------------------------------------------- For those interested in donating to schizophrenia research or brain related research in general, here is a group that needs your support - Brain & Behavior Research Foundation - bbrfoundation.org/
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:57:09 +0000
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