Blog #6 (5-2-17)

I have actually started searching up some first- and second-hand accounts of those with Schizophrenia. One article that I found was https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/diary-of-a-high-function/ . It contains an interview with Elyn Saks, a law professor that has Schizophrenia. She has had it to a less degree during her childhood years, but her major psychosis came during her first two years of graduate school. She described it as a "waking nightmare", "weird", and "bizarre". Delusions, such as killing others to seeing spiders on the wall, was common for her. Saks claimed that work was actually the mediator that helped her forget about her mental illness. The word that she really wanted to get out to others was about forced treatment and self-esteem. Elyn Saks thought that the forced medications and treatments was the most traumatic experiences she has ever had; she was restrained from moving up to 15 hours a day in a span of a few weeks. Although the professor believes that it is necessary for some patients, she thinks consent is right. Sometimes, she would like to get a check-up, but then she thinks back to these unfortunate events, which leaves her in doubt. As for self-esteem, the fact that those with Schizophrenia are just like normal people is significant to her. They just want "to love and to work". This first-hand viewpoint into the life of those with Schizophrenia has helped me developed my beginning lyrics. The beginning serves the purpose of expressing the symptoms and pains that they suffer from. The second article I read was https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/schizophreniabulletin/24/1/10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033309/2/24-1-175.pdf?Expires=1493873261&Signature=OAkduJP4g3FH~N7fgJezolP1ZzJnfYfLZKrO2Z-WanAOUxrCugh2W6sXSDcQY-oFjA1Xmz8-6ST0dnVk1usp3MOBTMgBXnnuJ9ZQawEH6f9Hl-qQw-2UXdRA3n9Ifg07qHDXDxm7WxVl7e4oKu~8ruVTs6~jJDXWtkSyv~UZ-NxF3SSXgSRYtggtx5FA2BJR9xbLbListNQOCTAfav9N4Vvr5uMKJHt6wBOqUz0l3JjLwgRFD8wAj871bWhlmlAckQdDMdYN4T99oVZfxpwUBaeVggBDtNB8R8-9Bo2T3rAFFokktDl5jBAL68bPcy85O9MbW8CUeIAz4RAcgSdtKQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIUCZBIA4LVPAVW3Q . This was written by Jackie Powell. She was a young girl that experienced her own mother change from one person to another. Her mother and adulterous dad always had tension in the house through arguments. After it became a norm, Powell's mother's personality slowly started to change. One day, her mother took a shotgun and ran after her dad; she was done with him. This wasn't the only thing. Jackie's mother has also accused her work acquaintances of plotting something against her around the same time. Mrs. Powell was taken and hospitalized. Even though the medicine helped, the girl noticed that her mother was always dazing off and expressionless. She was no longer the mother Jackie knew. Unlike everyone else, Powell still treated her mom the way she wanted to be treated-- a normal person. Jackie visited her mom often, and they talked about things that they both like. When her mother didn't want to talk, she cared for her silently. Jackie Powell wants those with Schizophrenia to be treated like this. Not one where people always have to mention, "Have you taken your medicine?" By understanding this, I can embed in phrases that explains how those with Schizophrenia "want" to and "should" be treated. It will be used in the ending verses as the speaker of the song fully expresses their yearnings.


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