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Unusual Thinking
- Confusion about what is real and what is imaginary
- Feeling that your ideas or behaviors are being controlled by outside forces
- Feeling like someone is putting thoughts in your head
- Unrealistic ideas of special identity or abilities
- Preoccupation with the supernatural
Unusual or Excessive Fear or Worry
- Worrying that others are thinking bad thoughts about you
- Thinking other wish to harm you in some way
- Mistrustful of others
- Fearful, uneasy feeling around people
- Suspiciousness or paranoid thinking
- Excessive social anxiety or fear of leaving home
Disorganized Symptoms and Impairment in Functioning
- Uncharacteristic changes in behavior
- Inability to do schoolwork or one’s job
- Withdrawal from friends and family
- Jumbled thoughts and confusion
- Forgetting things and getting lost
- Losing track of conversations or not understanding what people are saying
- Feeling like your brain is playing tricks on you
Negative Symptoms
- Lack of motivation
- Desire to spend more time alone than normal
- Difficulty identifying emotion in others or expressing emotion in self
- Loss of interest of pleasure in activities
- Neglect of personal hygiene
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