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Ron saw through my mental illness to the real me
I first met Ron 10 years ago, when we were both hospitalized on a psychiatric ward. It was my first hospitalization for depression, whereas he had schizophrenia and had been hospitalized multiple times...
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People shouldn’t make assumptions about my schizoaffective disorder
“But you seem normal, you can’t have schizoaffective disorder? I know of someone with that and she can’t work, and she can’t go to Uni. You do both, maybe you’ve been misdiagnosed!”Thank you for your...
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Before I had them myself, I feared people with mental health problems
There is something unsettling about the ambiguity of mental health. The brain is of course steeped in mystery; a complex organ we have less understanding of than any other organ in our body, the core...
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What I'd like people to know about schizophrenia
Due to wrongful media portrayals, schizophrenia patients are often perceived as unseen monsters that are safely locked away in militarized institutions. As long as we don’t have to see them, we don’t...
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I lived in fear of saying schizophrenia out loud
What it took for me to recover from schizophrenia was having people who believed in me and who did not give up on me. Their belief and love for me encouraged me to believe in myself, so I could have...
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Eight things I’d like you to know about my schizophrenia
1. I can’t just snap out of it or ignore it. This can be frustrating to hear. Sometimes I describe my (occasional) reality as having the TV and the radio on loud at the same time, while trying to have...
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Schizophrenia doesn't mean my Mum is dangerous
Isn’t it funny that if you have a physical illness, you get all the sympathy and understanding of the world? My Mum was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 67. Suddenly, my friends, work...
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See the Bigger Picture - Antonio's Story
There’s a limitation on who you can tell that you have schizophrenia - especially being from the BAME community. Not everyone understands schizophrenia or thinks it’s a real thing. Some people might...
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There needs to be more acceptance of schizophrenia
My diagnosis is schizophrenia. I’ve had four catastrophic breakdowns in my lifetime; three of these were so severe that I was sectioned under the mental health act. However, for some 12 years during...
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My experience of living with schizophrenia during lockdown
The pandemic we find ourselves in today has been, an event that began off as extremely difficult to deal with. I remember as a kid being grounded; never did I imagine a whole country being grounded. I...
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