TED演讲:一段精神疾病的传奇--从内心看起(2)

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　　Its defining feature is psychosis, or being out of touch with reality. 它的主要症状是幻想，或者是与现实脱离

　　Delusions² and hallucinations are hallmarks of the illness. 妄想和幻觉是这个病的标志

　　Delusions are fixed³ and false beliefs that aren't responsive to evidence, 妄想是顽固，错误和不会因为现实而改变的信仰

　　and hallucinations are false sensory⁴ experiences.  幻觉是不存在的感觉

　　For example, when I'm psychotic I often have the delusion¹ 比如，当我病发的时候，

　　that I've killed hundreds of thousands of people with my thoughts. 我总是有我用我的想法杀了几百个人的错觉

　　I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain. 我有时候会觉得自己脑子里正要发生核爆炸

　　Occasionally, I have hallucinations,  也有时候，我有幻觉

　　like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife. 有个人在我后面高举这一把刀

　　Imagine having a nightmare while you're awake.  想象以下在清醒的情况下做噩梦

　　Often, speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence. 言语和思想经常变得没有头绪，简直没有任何逻辑

　　Loose associations involves putting together words that may sound a lot alike but don't make sense, 当人有散漫的联想的时候，就会把一些很相似的词放在一起，没有任何意义

　　and if the words get jumbled⁵ up enough, it's called "word salad."  感觉像一个文字混在一起的“沙拉”

　　Contrary to what many people think, schizophrenia is not the same as multiple personality disorder⁶ or split personality. 和大部分人以为的恰好相反，精神分裂不是多重人格或人格分裂

　　The schizophrenic mind is not split, but shattered.  精神分裂的大脑不是分开的，是破碎的

　　Everyone has seen a street person, unkempt, probably ill-fed, 每个人都看到过街上有人不修边幅，营养不良

　　standing⁷ outside of an office building muttering to himself or shouting. 站在外面乱对自己说话或者大声嚷嚷

　　This person is likely to have some form of schizophrenia.  这种人多半是有精神分裂

　　But schizophrenia presents itself across a wide array of socioeconomic status, 但是精神分裂出现在很多不同的社会层次中。

　　and there are people with the illness who are full-time⁸ professionals with major responsibilities. 其中有很多患者是有全职工作的，承担着很大责任的。

　　Several years ago, I decided⁹ to write down my experiences and my personal journey, 几年前，我决定把我的个人经历写下来

　　and I want to share some more of that story with you today to convey the inside view. 而且我像和你分享更多我的个人经历，以此给大家一个轻身经历的人的角度看待这个事情

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