Learn the truth
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Bunions? They stop you holding down a job, right?
That's just not true.
It's also not true about schizophrenia.
Yet every day people living with schizophrenia hear misconceptions like this about their condition.
Schizophrenia does not mean split personality. It doesn't stop you living a fulfilled life. Treatment exists and recovery is possible.
This National Schizophrenia Awareness Day, we want people to learn the truth about schizophrenia.
The myths of schizophrenia
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Living with schizophrenia
Paul's story
"I've been been married 20 years. I’ve got two grown-up stepchildren and two teenage daughters. I hope my story demonstrates that you can still live a fulfilling, happy life despite schizophrenia."
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Ashley's story
"When I told my close friends and family about my diagnosis, they were very understanding and accommodating. However, I was selective about which family and friends I told."
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Leon's story
"This is real mental illness. It’s not a quirky series of personality traits; you can’t hit the gym and lift your way out of it."
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Mark's story
"Life then strangely full of ups and downs and is not at all negative. The point is to try to brave these symptoms, step by step."
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Jamie's story
"I started to feel a bit better after taking the medication, and soon I moved into a Rethink Mental Illness Supported Accommodation Service."
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Hal's story
"Voices would whisper to me and shout at me. They were so venomous, insidious, unfailing, unending."
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