Schizophrenia exists on a spectrum... As with Autism, there are many shades of schizotypal symptoms. While not florid psychosis, the hypersensitivity of low LI often goes hand in hand with visionary or hypnagogic-type sensory phenomena.

Those are what are referred to as positive symptoms. The negative symptoms, the thought disorder, for instance, ( Read more... )

Today I was asked if there is a difference between empathy and compassionate love. After some thought, I said that a person has a choice whether or not to show compassionate care and love to another - yet, with empathy, there is not that aspect of control. That is, the hypersensitive individual has NO CHOICE but to feel other people's sadness or ( Read more... )