“Even with all that - excellent treatment, wonderful family and friends, supportive work environment - I did not make my illness public until relatively late in life, and that's because the stigma against mental illness is so powerful that I didn't feel safe with people knowing. If you hear nothing else today, please hear this: There are not 'schizophrenics'. There are people with schizophrenia, and these people may be your spouse, they may be your child, they may be your neighbor, they may be your friend, they may be your coworker.” PeopleIfsFeelsMayChildrenTodayPowerfulKnowingEnvironmentWonderfulPleaseSafeLateOur ChildrenIllnessNeighborMental IllnessExcellentYour ChildrenTreatmentFamily And FriendsSpouseSupportiveStigmaSchizophreniaCoworkerWork EnvironmentWonderful Family Author:Elyn Saks
“The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare.” MindNightmareWakingSplitsShatteredSchizophreniaSchizophrenic Author:Elyn Saks
“I am a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I have spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I could have ended up living most of my life on a back ward, but things turned out quite differently.” HospitalsSchizophreniaPsychiatricPsychiatric Hospitals Author:Elyn Saks
“Please hear this: There are not ‘schizophrenics,’ there are people with schizophrenia.” PeoplePleaseSchizophreniaSchizophrenic Author:Elyn Saks
“There are not schizophrenics. There are people with schizophrenia and these people may be your spouse, they may be your child, they may be your neighbor, they may be your friend, they may be your coworker.” PeopleMayChildrenOur ChildrenNeighborYour ChildrenSpouseSchizophreniaCoworker Author:Elyn Saks
