You suggest. Everyone sometimes looks blankly, especially if they are angry / sad / thoughtful. It's normal. I have a friend who looks at a psychopath while he's angry. He is meek, he never fights, he usually gets angry and leaves before it gets really ugly. When a person is angry, his gaze changes. Schizophrenia is not just a blank stare, it is much more serious. It is usually characterized by crazy thoughts, hallucinations, paranoia, hearing voices. All these factors affect the psyche. Patients can communicate with non-existent people, which can make them angry or happy. It is somewhat natural for a schizophrenic to laugh for no reason, to shout for no reason, to cover his ears, to shake his head in displeasure. I emphasize, for no reason. Something is happening in their head, but this thing is not happening in reality. If you sit and laugh because you thought of a story, you're not crazy. Strange - maybe, but not crazy. If you get angry in the middle of a conversation without being provoked, you're not crazy ... you may be nervous, you may be naughty, but you're not crazy. It is not bad if you believe in myths and legends, in religion, in magic, as long as it is within the normal range. It's not bad if you think about it sometimes and it distracts you from your duties. Everyone sometimes gets stuck in one place, stares at a point and thinks different things. By the way, a very large percentage of people talk to themselves when there is no one around, but almost no one admits it. It is one thing to talk to yourself out of boredom to hear a speech, and quite another to talk to someone who does not exist to answer you. The main difference between schizophrenics and other people is that other people have a constant connection to reality. Schizophrenics believe things that are not true and believe so strongly that they cannot be dissuaded. Many normal people tend to believe in fortune tellers, aliens and whatever else you can think of, but they are not obsessed with this thought and hear the opposite arguments without reacting as if they were part of a conspiracy. In schizophrenics, the belief is very high, they are often paranoid. Example: If a schizophrenic smells a pungent odor, he may decide to be gassed and think of a culprit. Then this culprit will be part of a conspiracy, he persuades passers-by, he persuades drivers, he persuades sellers. In the next moment, it turns out that everyone is trying to kill him, following the plan of the culprit №1. Schizophrenics have alternating happy and sad episodes. They are anxious, they are nervous, they do not behave adequately. They usually don't look blank, but they have a strange look because they hear and see things that do not really exist. It also depends on the degree of schizophrenia, but this is typical. Schizophrenia is not completely curable, but it is controlled. There are medications that are called antipsychotics. They eliminate crazy thoughts, hallucinations and voices, one can live completely normally. It is desirable to avoid occupations with a lot of emotional load, but schizophrenics are able to work. It is rare nowadays for schizophrenics to be imprisoned in a hospital for years and their lives ruined forever. If the disease is advanced and the schizophrenic is in a very severe episode, then a stay in a psychiatric ward is almost mandatory, but in other cases people take their medication and live normally. You're not a schizophrenic, you're just scared and you're starting to do nonsense. There is a difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist, you are not a psychiatrist. Psychologists help more with mental problems. They do not write prescriptions, they are not doctors. They ask guiding questions and are only useful if you want to help yourself. Psychiatrists are doctors, they already write prescriptions and deal with more serious problems in a person's psyche.
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Describe your feelings and thoughts to me, and don't ask questions about something that we obviously can't see here.