Learn about schizophrenia from a schizophrenic - a masterpost
Iâm schizophrenic and hereâs a selection of my posts about living with schizophrenia - click a link or two if youâre curious:
What to do when your schizophrenic friend talk about their hallucinations and delusions
8 myths about schizophrenia and why they arenât true
What to keep in mind when dating a schizophrenic person
Why you shouldnât correct schizophrenic people when they say âIâm schizophrenicâ instead of âI have schizophrenia.â
Why fighting the stigma of schizophrenia must include fighting racism and anti blackness
Why you shouldnât dismiss or invalidate schizophrenic people when they open up to you about their hallucinations or delusions
Why you donât have to add âbut some mentally ill people ARE violentâ when mentally ill people talk about stigma and demonization
Why you actually have to talk to your schizophrenic friend about their illness if you want to know how to support them
Why you arenât helping mentally ill people by trying to weed out fakers
Why mass shootings in the US canât be blamed on mental illness
Why recovery doesnât necessarily mean âbecoming neurotypicalâ
Why armchair diagnosing killers with mental illnesses doesnât solve anything
Why you shouldnât force your spiritual and religious beliefs onto schizophrenic peoples experiencesÂ
Why you shouldnât armchair diagnose shooters and other killers
What the non psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia are like
Why we need to talk about the taboo topic of being mentally ill and struggling with personal hygiene
Why you shouldnât stigmatize schizophrenic people as violent killers
Why you shouldnât be afraid of obviously psychotic people
Why you should respect schizophrenic people who choose not to take meds
Why you canât pick or choose which mentally ill people to supportÂ
Why you shouldnât call people you donât agree with delusional
Why I donât want to hear that âmy diagnosis doesnât define me.â
Why anti psychotic meds wonât âcureâ schizophrenic people
Why we need to talk about the negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Why schizophrenic people are vulnerable to abuse
Why the stigma against depression canât be compared to the demonization of schizophrenia
Why âweâd all be diagnosed with something if we went to a psychiatristâ is bullshit
Tropes you should stay away from if you want to write a schizophrenic character
Why âyou donât seem schizophrenicâ isnât a compliment
What having schizophrenia feels like
How schizophrenic people face a different kind of stigma than people with depression and anxiety
Why saying âif youâre aware that youâre mentally ill youâre not REALLY mentally illâ is bullshit
How to be respectful to severely mentally ill people during Halloween
Why itâs important to share positive stories about schizophrenia
Why you should let schizophrenic people talk about their psychosis
Why you shouldnât tell your schizophrenic friend about that conspiracy theory
Why murderers can be fucked up without being mentally ill
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