My best friend since childhood has schizophrenia. It hit him in his mid 20s and took him and everyone close to him by surprise. It's been utterly heartbreaking to watch him deal with it for the last five years. And it sucks absolute ass to see people using the term as an insult, and saying dehumanizing shit about folks who suffer from it.
I have a good friend with schizophrenia and another with bipolar. Both of them have been treating it successfully for years and are happy / healthy. It's a challenging condition for folks, but it's not insurmountable. Our media continues to misrepresent it in pop culture, which pisses me off.
My best friend since childhood has schizophrenia. It hit him in his mid 20s and took him and everyone close to him by surprise. It's been utterly heartbreaking to watch him deal with it for the last five years. And it sucks absolute ass to see people using the term as an insult, and saying dehumanizing shit about folks who suffer from it.
I have a good friend with schizophrenia and another with bipolar. Both of them have been treating it successfully for years and are happy / healthy. It's a challenging condition for folks, but it's not insurmountable. Our media continues to misrepresent it in pop culture, which pisses me off.