4 Myths and Facts about Schizophrenia

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[rosemarykirby]

You are a sweetheart. Love this, my friend had schizophrenia and her family was in denial. So nice to put this disease in the open.

[shirleysparks]

Thank you so much for bringing this to light . We lost our nephew about 10 years ago to suicide . He hadn't been diagnosed at the time but was after his death. He was very young and struggled. No one in the family knew what it was or what was going on . He was just in the beginning of figuring out what was wrong when he just couldn't do it any longer. My prayers is for everyone struggling with any type of mental illness find the help they need so they can live a happy life and their loved ones don't lose the ones they love . 🙏🏻

[BigSalG]

I really enjoy this page thank u so much for giving an understanding as a parent of a child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia paranoia

[adial]

People do not realize the amount of work that goes on but yes you can live a productive life. I have bipolar disorder/schizoaffective disorder and am on high doses of my meds and lots of therapy but I am in remission am able to work and in a serious relationship. Having my mental health stable has led to my ulcerative colitis being in remission as well. Thanks for the info.

[sez]

100%! My mum has Schitzophrenia and you make me understand it so much more. Your spot on. 👌

[TemariRain]

My younger brother has schizophrenia and I have been trying my best to help people understand it better. He manages it with a good routine and working out. I'm very proud of how far he has come 🥰

[sarahleach]

My sister took her life at 33 with it.that was over 20 years ago. They have come a long way in treating it.

[beapower]

My mum had schizophrenia & I have a soft spot in my heart for people with the illness. Thank you so much for doing all that you do to educate people about schizophrenia. You're helping the world one video at a time. Thank you. 😊

[SyntaxError]

Your channel is so fabulous, and I want to thank you, truly, for sharing. My aunt has been institutionalized for schizophrenia since the 70s and I've only met her 3 times in my life. (I'm 40.) Despite this, we text, email, send pictures...I'm so close with her, but there's this huge divide when it comes to her illness. I want to understand it as best as someone can.

[claricelyles]

Thank you! My daughter's therapist and I believe my 19 year old daughter may be suffering from this but she refuses to see a psychiatrist for now. This gives me hope she will be able to manage eventually.

[graciep.]

Thank you so much for these videos! You’re humanizing an illness that is very hard to understand from the outside. I’ve tried, but without hearing from someone experiencing it there’s no way I could get close.


I do know that schizophrenics are not necessarily dangerous. Years ago I met the sweetest man while on the bus home. He was terrified. He truly believed that there was someone tracking him at that moment, trying to kill him. For some reason he was afraid to put his feet on the floor, he had them up on the seat. It wasn’t doing any harm and he felt safer. The bus driver had absolutely no compassion and insisted that he put his feet on the floor of the bus. The poor guy tried, but it looked like it felt like sticking his feet into a pit full of scorpions or something like that. He kept having to put them back on the seat, and the driver got more and more hostile, going from cold indifference to serious anger. He told the guy he had to keep his feet off the seat or he’d be thrown off the bus.

It was late and dark and cold, this was harsh. He wouldn’t let up, even when I lent the guy my coat to cover the seat so it wouldn’t get dirty. The problem was solved, but the driver just wanted this guy gone. He was so sweet and so frightened, yet was treated with such cruelty. I didn’t have to understand what was going on in his head to see his fear, but the driver did not care about it one bit.


Videos like yours could change this sort of situation. I’d like to think that if the driver understood the difficulty of what he was demanding then he might have had more compassion. Thank you for giving people the opportunity to understand and hopefully put that understanding to good use.

[bellasguitar]

A lot of ppl think its just voices in your head. But when ppl say that to me i send them your page!

[rhywnn]

With all the patients I picked up on the ambulance that were living there worst day, not one was violent.

[thesparkypilot]

Wow, thank you for clearing this up, I had misconceptions! My grandfather had schizophrenia and I only made assumptions based on what I saw when I was younger. Thank you ❤

[nyxskids]

Just thank you for offering the wisdom from your experience to the world. My mom worked in mental health her entire career and fought stigma long before it and also after she retired. She would've loved seeing the way you bring such a misunderstood disorder into the light of day.

Thank you. Just thank you so much

[lilystarr]

I don't have schizophrenia, but I relate because I have Narcolepsy, which causes hyponogogic hallucinations, hynopomic hallucinations, and sometimes blunted affect from fatigue. My hallucinations are essentially dreams overlayed my reality.

[ivyedan]

I have multiple personalities..well i call it that..I was abused very bad as a child..We are on the same mental health scale, ..we don't see things but hear eachother...

[ugqqpyi]

Thank you! Understanding facts is so better than choosing fear.

[pasquale]

Thank you for the education! on another note and I’m sure you heard it 1000 times before but I wanted to say it one more time, you have a beautiful set of eyes! stay healthy and safe! xo

[cherylgreene]

I enjoy your talks. My Dad had Schizophrenia. I am happy that you are so insightful about this disorder.