Some aspects of order and symbolism in schizophrenia.

Developing out Rümke's term of "PraecoxGefühl", it is described that the schizophrenic disorder in his way of being is the fundamental underlying reason for dissociation of his thoughts and feelings. This consequently leads to a distortion in his system of sign recognition and the meaning attached to the different semantic and syntactic levels. By means of the "Wahnarbeit" and other mechanisms the schizophrenic tries to build another order in which he can feel more at ease with his overwhelming experiences. The conceptualization of his thoughts is performed by using a "principle of symmetry"--attaching the meaning of one perceived object (I) of reality to another conceptualized object (II). Very often we are unable to understand the individualistic nature of schizophrenic symbolization because of this mechanism.