I offcorse know that schizophrenia is not having several personalities (DID), but what exactly is “split mind” in schizophrenia? Its derived from greek words Schizo (split), phrenia (mind).
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What I read was that it meant to describe a split from reality
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Its the part that deals with losing ng touch with reality I think.
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I had this idea that it might ble a split between ego, and other parts of the personality, like super ego or all this things I forget the names of. Because that would really explain voices IMO.
I heard it refers to the brake down of the thought process.
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I think it refers to being unable to distinguish reality from unreality. It’s a big reason why schizophrenics often believe their delusions so strongly.
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It’s kind of a misnomer, IMO. Has to do with a joining of reality and the dream state. Normal people have a healthy split between the two, so technically they are the schizophrenics.
Schizophrenics should be called “iungo”- (latin for joined) phrenics.
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I think the term comes from seeing voices as a part of the brain that is no longer working properly as part of the whole, but instead has been somehow separated from, or has rebelled against the main self.
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split between the left and right part of the brain
Fractured consciousness… ■■■■■■■ inner word is pitted against itself… 
it’s as fun as hell… quite literally
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