Few questions

[Saint2be27]

My MIL has schizophrenia. She was diagnosed about 25 years ago and stays treated.

She was born deaf and later became blind while she was married to an abusive man when her symptoms started coming out. I don't know a lot about it, so I have a few questions that I may be able to better understand.

1) is this hereditary?
2) is this something you are born with and have more of a tendancy to develop in stressful situations or can anyone be at risk?

Also I love to take my MIL out. We go shopping, to ladies groups, out to eat, ect. Often she starts talking to herself, being deaf she is just signing and making facial expressions, but it is very obvious and people do notice. Do I tell them she has schitzophrenia or not say anything? I want to do what is more respectful to her, I'm not so concerned about what others around us think.

Thank you.

 

[Merlin]

It's not genetic.
It can be a learned behaviour, learned at a very young age.

 

[daughteroftheking1983]

although schizophrenia is not genetic, you are more likely to develop it if there is a positive history of it in your family. That does not mean to say that if a person has it, their brother or sister would definitely get it, but they are at an increased chance compared to the general population. It is also linked with chronic cannibus consumption and the use of the social drug "acid." Problems at birth or during pregnancy can also increase the risk of the baby developing it in later life.

A stressful life event is often a precipitating factor in predisposed individuals.

 

[PressingIn]

Schizophrenia is a generational curse for most but some just develop it from things that happen in life. It is demonic in it involves to main personalities besides the self.

You have the self, the spirit of rejection and the spirit of resentment.

Most schizophrenics never know the self, and become very sensitive to feelings are often rejected very easily and then get angry and and develop strong degrees of bitterness towards others.

If you want a deeper understanding read Pigs in the Parlor for there is a 10 page section of the demons associated with the disease.

I grew up Schizophrenic and I am continuing to seek deliverance from it. Those who have it have to really spend alot of time in prayer, worship, and reading the word for the mind is often in shuffle mode and the mood swings that go along with it are horrible and the mind often goes into other dimensions and spends time in fantasies and daydreams. It is a tough thing to deal with but I often tell others that the Bible is my medication and Jesus is my divine psychologist.

May you be blessed in many ways.

Pressing IN

 

[BohemianChris]

If one person has it, the offspring has a 10 percent chance to have it. If two of the adults have it it is either 40 or 50 percent.

Anyone is at risk for this disease. It occurs in males around late teens and females in their late 20s.

With best wishes,
Chris