The Symptoms Of Schizophrenia In Goodbye Jamie Boyd

In the book 'Goodbye Jamie Boyd' Anna is facing a mental illness called schizophrenia. We can see this many times in the books because of the symptoms she has and the actions she decides to make. Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that can severely change someone's life, the symptoms of schizophrenia can make it dangerous but the mental illness itself is not a dangerous illness.
The symptoms include;
Delusions
Hallucinations
Irregular and erratic speech
Disorganised behaviour
Negative symptoms(lack of emotions and interest)

The main symptom we see in Anna is Hallucinations, Jamie Boyd in the book is a Hallucination evidence for this is present in the chapter Doc, the doctor says "Jamie's not real. It's the chemicals in your brain, playing games."(p. 44). Someone with schizophrenia also has an increased chance to have problems with alcohol and drug abuse, in the book Anna is facing a
Not being able to let go of the weed is a symptom of schizophrenia because schizophrenia has a direct link to drug abuse. People with schizophrenia also have an increased link to have suicidal thoughts or carry out suicide attempts, they also harm themselves as a way to express their feeling. In goodbye Jamie Boyd Anna struggles with who she is and hallucinates that her brother is telling her that she needs to cut herself. This goes on a for a long time and when she doesn't have her weed she uses self harm to replace the marijuana "otherwise I cut