Skins Article: Effy's mental illness discussion

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posted by Cliff040479

If I see another person saying 4x05 was the best Skins episode ever, I'm gonna go insane, so I thought I'd share with you the enormous mistakes the writers have made with Effy's character.

According to the symptoms Effy had in her episode, she is not only psychologically depressed, she is schizophrenic.

Here is the diagnosis for schizophrenia:

People diagnosed with schizophrenia usually experience a combination of positive (i.e. hallucinations, delusions, racing thoughts), negative (i.e. apathy, lack of emotion, poor or nonexistant social functioning), and cognitive (disorganized thoughts, difficulty concentrating and/or following instructions, difficulty completing tasks, memory problems).

The reason I bring this up is not to start a shipping war, I am only doing this because Effy Stonem is my favorite chracter and I think it's a shame they're treating her like this.

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Desaday "The National Institute of Mental Health lists many of the following Manic Depression symptoms.1 Manic disorder that characterize the high or ‘manic’ aspect of manic disorder are called episode includes the following: * Increased energy, activity, and restlessness * Excessively ‘high,’ overly good, euphoric mood * Distractibility, can’t concentrate well * Racing thoughts and talking very fast * Jumping from one idea to another * Little sleep needed * Increased sexual drive * Spending sprees * Poor judgment * Unrealistic beliefs in one’s abilities and powers * Extreme irritability * Provocative, intrusive, or aggressive behavior * Abuse of drugs, particularly cocaine, alcohol, and sleeping medications * Denial that anything is wrong * Lasting period of behavior that is different from usual ... Mixed Manic Depression1 In the mixed manic-depressive state, symptoms of mania and depression occur together. The person may exhibit these symptoms: * Agitation * Trouble sleeping * Significant change in appetite * Psychosis * Suicidal thinking * Having a very sad, hopeless mood while at the same time feeling extremely energized" Im sure the writers would have researched the manic depression that they decided to give Effy, And it shows.

Cliff040479 i agree, with u, but i didn't wrote that! xP

fly_like_a_bird She goes crazy because of the drugs. Remember the magic mushrooms that party ? In her episode in the third season ? Research about bad trip and will see that it was because of drugs .