Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is Disorders that affect a person's ability to think, feel, and behave properly.

The exact cause of schizophrenia is unknown, but a combination of genetics, the environment, and altered brain structures and chemicals may play a role in the disorder.

Schizophrenia is characterized by thoughts or experiences that seem unrelated to reality, disorganized speech or behavior, and decreased participation in daily activities. Difficulty concentrating and remembering

Disorganized type schizophrenia 

A form of schizophrenia that is characterized by a disorganized behavior and disorganized speech.  Their affect may be flat or inappropriate. This type involves a disturbance in behavior, communication, and thought. Usually these patients show a variety of eccentric characteristics such as unusual clothing or peculiar gestures. 

Paranoid type schizophrenia 

Delusions and auditory hallucinations predominate in patients with this subtype of schizophrenia while their affective and cognitive functioning remains relatively intact. This type of patient often has highly elaborate delusions of persecution or personal grandeur. 

However, the patient may appear rather normal until he or she becomes entangled in typical argumentativeness and suspiciousness. 

Residual type schizophrenia 

A form of schizophrenia that is characterized by a previous diagnosis of schizophrenia, but no longer having any of the prominent psychotic symptoms. There are some remaining dymptoms of the disorder however, such as eccentric behavior, emotional blunting, illogical thinking, or social withdrawal. 

In the residual type of schizophrenia, the patient has had at least one episode of schizophrenia. If delusions or hallucinations are present, they are not prominent, and are not accompanied by dtrong affect. 

Undifferentiated type schizophrenia 

This subtype of schizophrenia applies to patients who fail to meet the criteria for the other subtypes but clearly suffer from this mental disorder. 

The patient suffers from pronounced psychotic symptoms, which may not fit in any other specific category or more than one. 

Catatonic type schizophrenia 

Patients with this subtype of Schizophrenia may exhibit extremes of behavior including catatonia. Some may allow their posture to be rearranged, holding the new position (catalepsy or waxy  flexibility). Others may imitate sounds (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia) of others. At times, some patients may explode into an excited, activated state marked by purposeless ad repetitive movements. 

The catatonic type is rare today, and probably reflected an advanced stage of schizophrenia before the advent of modern treatment methods. 

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This is a small example of the "pajama solutions" now available to ensure you sleep in comfort

If you haven't shopped for pajamas in a while you will be surprised at the choice available out there. Gone are the days where you would only have one pair of pajamas, in cotton, with a collar and turn-ups. 

In recent years pajama ranges have exploded in all sorts of ways to give you more sleeping comfort through ever-newer fabrics and cuts. 

The savvy consumer can get comfort and restful sleep throughout the year, in any climate or temperature by choosing different pajamas that are available and using them in different seasons. 

Most people readily buy special jackets for very cold or hot weather, but are unaware that the same advances are available for nightwear. 

Cold Weather/ Winter Pajamas 

One of the most useful advances in pajama design in recent years in the use of very warm fabrics for extreme cold weather. 

Full fleece or double fleece pajamas give you extra warmth along with comfort in very low temperatures - great for family visits to the log cabin up north. And these brands can come with footed pants or even hoods 

Less extremely warm pajamas are also made in other fabrics such as thick cotton. These keep you warm without your having to be in artic conditions like the double fleece pajama and they are suitable as comfortable winter sleep wear for the home. 

Footed pajamas might not be the sexiest looking pants in the world, but they are great for sleeping comfortably. And they are the complete solution to the "cold feet and ankles syndrome" at night. 

Summer Pajamas 

For summer and hotter climates, silk PJs are no longer just for the rich and glamorous. 

Silk is possibly the world’s best-loved cooling fabric, treasured in hot countries around the world from Italy to Japan. Certainly you should consider trying silk pajamas. 

You don’t have to be rich and idle to sleep in silk and nowadays quality silk pajamas won’t cost you a fortune either. 

But be warned: some people find silk pajamas almost too comfortable and relaxing. 

Bernard Hopkins is the boxer who recently said: "Its hard to get up at 5am (to train) when you wear silk pajamas". Lets hope his PJs don’t damage his career. 

Specialty Pajamas 

There are loads of specialty pajamas being released all the time, especially for kids who have everything from Disney characters, to Barbie and Shrek. There are even flame resistant pajamas that appear in some children's lines! 

There are some great specialty makes for adults too. 

A good example is the new menopause pajamas recently created to serve the needs of newly menopausal women dealing with hot flashes. The special PJs work by "wicking" away moisture in the way that running clothes do. 

So that's it. This is a small example of the "pajama solutions" now available to ensure you sleep in comfort.

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This is also good practise for helping you control your temper and instead of getting mad at someone write it down

"Have you just had an arguement with a friend, mum, dad, brother, sister? Got a bad report from school? or just feeling down in the dumps?" 

If you are feeling any of the above then this article can help you  

Whenever someone has upset me or I am left feeling stressed from anything, i dont let it wind me up and let it make me mad because that just ends up causing more problems in the long run! 

Instead i take a piece of pen and paper and write it all down, i pretend i am writing a letter to someone (it dont matter who), i normally try and pick someone i know i can trust and have a good conversation with without getting frustrated at them cos they wont listen.(this person could also be imaginary and not real) 

I write down every single thing that I am feeling and write it down as if they was next to me listening, within this letter i would pretend i was having a discussion with them about whatever it was that was bothering me, whether its mum & dad constantly moaning about homework, brothers and sisters trying to satrt a fight, people at school, friends you have had an arguement with by the time you`ve finished writing the letter to this person that you really trust (or have made up) you yourself have calmed down and now that your calm again, read back through the letter and read what you wrote. 

When reading the letter think to yourself was the arguement really their fault or was i partly to blame?, if i did a bit more homework would mum & dad give me a break? etc and use this to better yourself. 

This is also good practise for helping you control your temper and instead of getting mad at someone write it down. 

This also helps kids & teens that feel lonely and feel like they have no-one to talk to since they are still sorting out their problems but not having to actually confront anyone. 

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