“All my ideas had been wrong. Schizophrenia wasn't a split personality. It was a brain disease, a chemical imbalance. People with schizophrenia did hallucinate. They heard voices commanding them to do things. They heard voices talking about them. Sometimes they had delusions, like that they were the Prophet Elijah, or Moses. People with schizophrenia were very sick. Mostly the disease started in people who were very young, just starting their lives. Sometimes drugs helped get their hallucinations under control. Sometimes drugs didn't help at all. Very often people with schizophrenia didn't get better. Some of them spent their whole lives in institutions.” RealityTruthPsychologyAwarenessHealthMental HealthPsychiatrySchizophreniaLife StrugglesBrain Disease Book:The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness Source: The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness