| People tend to confuse between Psychoses or what | | | | control is as normal people. |
| is also called a Psychotic Disorder, to Schizophrenia. In | | | | 4) Self awareness |
| one word the schizophrenia is the disease or illness | | | | When going through psychosis, your self awareness |
| and the psychosis is the active manner of it. Here are | | | | tends to be minimal or even not to be down to the |
| 7 differences that will help you differentiate between | | | | point that you can not distinguish if you are in some |
| psychosis and schizophrenia: | | | | kind of psychosis or not, while during the schizophrenia |
| 1) The active signs | | | | negative symptoms, your self awareness is as a |
| When you suffer from psychosis, you have what is | | | | normal person. |
| called active signs. Those signs are hallucinations, | | | | 5) The reality distinctionWhen you suffer from |
| delusions, paranoia, hearing voices, imagining things and | | | | psychosis, you usually can not differentiate between |
| thoughts and so on. All of these are the active signs | | | | what happens for real to what is only in your mind as |
| and reflects a psychotic disorder or psychosis. These | | | | a delusion or hallucinations. The ability to distinct |
| active signs usually appear for about a maximum of | | | | between what is real and what is not, remains as a |
| 5% of your life. | | | | normal person when you suffer from the negative |
| 2) The negative symptoms | | | | symptoms of the schizophrenia disorder. |
| When your psychosis is under control by anti | | | | 6) The duration |
| psychotic medicines or other means, then you tend to | | | | Psychosis usually tend to stay for a short time |
| suffer from post psychotic effects that are called the | | | | between few days to few weeks, while the |
| negative symptoms such as depression, lack of | | | | schizophrenia negative symptoms tend to stay in |
| motivation, lack of vitality, fatigue, being closed in | | | | some level for your entire life. |
| yourself and so on. | | | | 7) The treatment |
| 3) Self control | | | | The best and usually the only treatment for psychosis |
| During your psychosis, your self control tends to be | | | | are anti psychotic medicines, while treatment for the |
| minimize or even not to be at all. The ability to | | | | schizophrenia negative symptoms are more various |
| distinguish between right and wrong and to control | | | | and ranges from exercise, having a mate, having social |
| your movements and reactions is very low, while | | | | life, having an occupation, sleeping well, keeping your |
| during the schizophrenia negative symptoms your self | | | | hygiene, eating well and right, having a diet and so on. |