Do people with Schizophrenia have multiple personality or a split personality?
It depends. I’m no expert, but I have substituted as a teacher in special needs classes, and worked with one student in particular who suffered from “multiple personalities”. Mania I believe is being “manic”, but please don’t quote me on that. Schizophrenia is a disorder where the person loses touch with reality. They see things, hear things. they kind of live in their own world. If you really want to understand schizophrenia, check out the movie “A Beautiful Mind”. True story about a genius who actually won the nobel prize. He still lives in New Jersey I believe. Its a wonderful movie. And, true. You can rent it at the video store. Manic is something different. Extreme highs, and extreme lows. No middle ground. Oddly enough, schizophrenics can be extremely intelligent, as was this character played in the movie “A Beautiful Mind” by Russell Crow. I believe he invented the cornerstone of our whole economic system. But, he suffered terribly with delusions, hallucinations, and numerous ho