In the case of schizophrenia, it’s also important to remember what is happening at the functional level. They can’t “block out” information that the brain normally would. Thus the body is going to be leeched of anything that can be found to preserve the necessary functions within the brain. When the nervous system is pressed for energy, it will start breaking down the rest of the body in the same way muscle is lost when one is protein deficient.
It’s a pretty terrible thing when the body is attacking itself to survive. Brutal.
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