"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." ~Edgar Allan Poe ~~~ schiz.o.phre.ni.a /ˌskitsəˈfrēnēə,ˌskitsəˈfrenēə/ noun a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. ~~~ I know I appear to be a normal sixth-grader. I do things normal sixth-graders do, like play video games and listen to music. But I know I'm anything but normal. My name is Lauren, and I have Schizophrenia.