Making sense of psychosis. Part 1. Understanding one man's schizophrenic experience

Abstract

The experiences of people with schizophrenia exist on a continuum with normal functioning. Thinking about schizophrenia and psychosis in this way is a far greater antidote to stigma than regarding people with schizophrenia as having a collection of abstract symptoms and as categorically different from the rest of humanity because of their diagnosis. This article explains the reasons behind many of the symptoms experienced by people with schizophrenia. The author gives a first-hand account of how the condition has affected his life.