Hey /t/, I'm not sure if anyone's brought up this one before, or if it's a completely stupid idea, but here it goes.
The other day in my Psychology course, we were studying mental disorders, schizophrenia included. Now, I can't pull up the information we were studying anymore (my teacher took down the powerpoint we used to study for that chapter), but something about the symptoms, and also, the art patients that suffer from schizophrenia would make, made me wonder; could Madotsuki be a schizophrenic?
How each world in her dreams seem to be so drastically different, all of them very...out there. Her lack of any sort of emotional response. Her social withdrawal. Sounds to me like a disorganized schizophrenic. Anyone have thoughts on this?
For symptoms and a bit more about disorganized schizophrenia, here's some copypasta from Google Health:
"Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses, and to behave normally in social situations.
Symptoms
Schizophrenia may have a variety of symptoms. Usually the illness develops slowly over months or even years.
At first, the symptoms may not be noticeable. For example, you may feel tense, or have trouble sleeping or concentrating. You can become isolated and withdrawn, and have trouble making or keeping friends.
As the illness continues, psychotic symptoms develop:
An appearance or mood that shows no emotion (flat affect)
Bizarre motor behavior in which there is less reaction to the environment (catatonic behavior)
False beliefs or thoughts that have nothing to do with reality (delusions)
Hearing, seeing, or feeling things that are not there (hallucinations)
Thoughts "jump" between unrelated topics (disordered thinking)
...
Disorganized type:
Child-like (regressive) behavior
Delusions
Flat affect
Hallucinations
Inappropriate laughter
Not understandable (incoherence)
Repetitive behaviors
Social withdrawal"
Last edited 10/05/13(Thu)13:27.