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Schizophrenia Painting

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I painted this to represent Schizophrenia. ]

This is the original sketch: [link]

I want to clear a couple misconceptions about it.

Schizophrenia is NOT Multiple Personality Disorder (More accurately know as Dissociative Identity Disorder)
Schizophrenia is a chemical imbalance of the brain. It is caused by too much Dopamine (a neurotransmitter that causes chemical reactions in our brain).

People with Schizophrenia have two types of symptoms:

Positive symptoms (can include but are not limited to): Auditory/Visual Hallucinations, Delusions, Problems organizing speech/thought patterns, and Disorganized behaviors

And

Negative symptoms (can included but are not limited to): Lack of emotions, neglect of personal hygiene, social withdrawal and other things.

Most commonly people with Schizophrenia have Paranoid Schizophrenia. Common delusions that people are out to get them; they have been abducted by aliens; the government has implanted a microchip in them... Things like that.

Please note: If you display some of these symptoms do not think "OMG I HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA"
This is not diagnostic and only a trained doctor can tell you definitively. Thank you for reading and the information I have provided barely scrapes the bottom of the barrel on the information about Schizophrenia.

In this painting the girl feels like people are watching her and she can hear voices in her head. (delusions and auditory hallucinations)

This was done with water colors, india ink, and White acrylic paint.
Image size
2000x2967px 2.61 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D40
Shutter Speed
10/400 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
55 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Dec 13, 2012, 8:04:22 PM
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SparkleLand's avatar
This is strangely poignant in its oddness ~ I can almost feel the girl's desperation, and the disturbing way that the voices mock her. The dark colors and distinctive art style enforce this psychotic atmosphere. Honestly, it's just brilliant. Forgive me for gushing ^ ^