NatashaElizabethpatty

  I joined a community of schizophrenics and some schizophrenic caretakers on social media. Many of them gave me ideas about many misconceptions regarding schizophrenia. We interact more in social media which brings me to know many misconceptions that exist with Schizophrenia. Many sources on the internet also explain these misconceptions. Misconception 1 Schizophrenia means that you have many personalities It’s actually not true. It’s true that we experience hallucinations and hearing voices but that doesn’t mean that we have different personalities. Many people think that we have many personalities because they kind of confuse schizophrenia with other disorders like dissociative identity disorder. However, it’s possible that people with schizophrenia can have other mental illnesses too such as paranoid schizophrenia, bipolar schizophrenia, and others. Misconception 2 If you have schizophrenia you’ll never have a job It’s not true though! Many people in the schizophrenia...