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Schizophrenia is a brain disease.
精神分裂是一種大腦疾病
Its defining feature is psychosis, or being out of touch with reality.
它的主要癥狀是幻想，或者是與現(xiàn)實脫離
Delusions and hallucinations are hallmarks of the illness.
妄想和幻覺是這個病的標志
Delusions are fixed and false beliefs that aren't responsive to evidence,
妄想是頑固，錯誤和不會因為現(xiàn)實而改變的信仰
and hallucinations are false sensory experiences.
幻覺是不存在的感覺
For example, when I'm psychotic I often have the delusion
比如，當我病發(fā)的時候，
that I've killed hundreds of thousands of people with my thoughts.
我總是有我用我的想法殺了幾百個人的錯覺
I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain.
我有時候會覺得自己腦子里正要發(fā)生核爆炸
Occasionally, I have hallucinations,
也有時候，我有幻覺
like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife.
有個人在我后面高舉這一把刀
Imagine having a nightmare while you're awake.
想象以下在清醒的情況下做噩夢
Often, speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence.
言語和思想經常變得沒有頭緒，簡直沒有任何邏輯
Loose associations involves putting together words that may sound a lot alike but don't make sense,
當人有散漫的聯(lián)想的時候，就會把一些很相似的詞放在一起，沒有任何意義
and if the words get jumbled up enough, it's called "word salad."
感覺像一個文字混在一起的“沙拉”
Contrary to what many people think, schizophrenia is not the same as multiple personality disorder or split personality.
和大部分人以為的恰好相反，精神分裂不是多重人格或人格分裂
The schizophrenic mind is not split, but shattered.
精神分裂的大腦不是分開的，是破碎的
Everyone has seen a street person, unkempt, probably ill-fed,
每個人都看到過街上有人不修邊幅，營養(yǎng)不良
standing outside of an office building muttering to himself or shouting.
站在外面亂對自己說話或者大聲嚷嚷
This person is likely to have some form of schizophrenia.
這種人多半是有精神分裂
But schizophrenia presents itself across a wide array of socioeconomic status,
但是精神分裂出現(xiàn)在很多不同的社會層次中。
and there are people with the illness who are full-time professionals with major responsibilities.
其中有很多患者是有全職工作的，承擔著很大責任的。
Several years ago, I decided to write down my experiences and my personal journey,
幾年前，我決定把我的個人經歷寫下來
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個人經歷，以此給大家一個輕身經歷的人的角度看待這個事情
