I actually thought she was going to talk about psychotic delusions and how current events can affect and exacerbate them. I should have known better than to think Susan knows a single thing about living with genuine schizophrenia.
I don't think she's "mentally disabled" so much as she's "developmentally disabled." IE: she missed several milestones and is emotionally arrested. She certainly seems to have problems with impulse control and boundaries but they seem to be getting better with time. I think we can all agree that whatever mental issues she might have (probably autism) the majority of what's wrong with her is a result of her toxic environment.
Does Susan think schizophrenia is just ADHD with imaginary friends?
I think Susan thinks schizophrenia is the manifestation of her own disordered, psychotic manic mind. There is no convincing her it isn't. She cannot see herself as a different, separate entity from her children, the same children she programmed to be like her own thoughts.
More than likely. I’ve long thought this was the scenario (autism with ADHD), but I’m no expert. It’s just a lot of times the symptoms Jani describes do sound like ADHD. Even the imaginary friends part. People with ADD/ADHD tend to lose themselves in fantasy worlds, hence the trouble with focusing.
It's almost funny how very little Susan actually knows about schizophrenia. Schizos definitely don't have the need to be out and about all the time; on the contrary - most of them rarely go out like ever. Slight powerlevel here, but I've worked with schizophrenics and from my experience you almost have to drag them out to do even the necessary like going grocery shopping once a week so that they'll have food and other necessities. Susie Q's fucked up. It's a fucking shame what she's doing to Jani.
From what I understand it was actually deconfirmed when Jani got a full eval while she was away from Susan. But after she moved back in with her she claimed it was "reconfirmed" after a single visit to a therapist. My current theory is that she showed the overworked, highly distracted therapist a document with the word "schizophrenia" on it and he was like "yeah she probably has it" before shooing them out.
Unless records were transfered that still said this it would not happen this way. They probably grin and nod at Susan and she takes that as reconfirmation.
That didn't stop them doing it without any second thoughts the first time when Jani was 7, let alone 18.
To be fair, Jani's behavior was outrageous and like nothing they'd ever seen before when she was 7. Because Susie need exactly how to coach her and make her malinger perfectly.
Susan, you could not project harder. Schizophrenics need to be out of the house all the time, just like you in your mania? And the radio business is perfect for schizophrenics, just like the only job Susan ever had?
