Self monitoring of the Signs of Schizophrenia also means taking the time to realize that you are acting more hyper than usual or that your speech is difficult for others to understand. When your thoughts are occurring faster than you can keep up with them and make little sense to you the words that you are speaking are not going to be clear to others. Breathing and relaxation techniques can help you to cope and make the monitoring of the schizophrenia symptoms easier on you. Self monitoring of the schizophrenia symptoms can help you to identify the triggers of the symptoms and make dealing with them easier.