Mostly, they get a lot better if you talk to someone you trust about them. This is because many people do not understand what mental illness is and that it can be successfully treated. This is not helped by media stories about the rare times that a tragedy occurs or something goes badly wrong. They are the most common of the group of serious mental illnesses known as psychoses. Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is the commonest form of psychosis.
Delusions are unshakeable beliefs which are obviously untrue.
For example, an ill person might strongly believe that there is a plot to harm them that they are being spied on through the TV or being taken over by aliens. Thought disorder is a serious disturbance in thinking clearly. It is more than just feeling a bit muddled or confused at times. Other people may find the person hard to understand because their sentences don t make sense and their ideas are all jumbled up. Hallucinations are when someone sees, hears, smells or feels something that isn t really there.