03-12-2017, 06:45 PM
(03-11-2017, 08:56 PM)Eddie Wrote: My wife and I walked into a large Kroger's grocery store today just in time to see a man get into a fight with a sign at the front of the store, and then yell at the Cheetohs in the nearest aisle.
Yes, this is the display of a complete inability to mentalise, which is the awareness that our subjective experience is unique to us and merely an interpretation of the object world. It is one of the main characterising symptoms of Schizophrenia. It's a tremendous challenge to greet such an individual and draw them out of their immediate state and communally engage with them. It would require a level of insanity of equal stature! Schizophrenia is often confused with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder, aka split personality disorder).
The only commonality they have is unprocessed trauma, but DID's usually have a darker and more malevolent trauma to process. Most people can relate to an experience of not being able to mentalise, but like the association of black male African Americans with crime, Schizophrenic behaviour is associated with violence. Mud sticks.
