Reddit reviews Schizophrenia For Dummies

Don't fall for the ignorance of stigmatized mental health.

People with schizophrenia are more often victims of violence than perpetrators.

A person with well managed schizophrenia is statistically 0% more dangerous than the total general populace.

People with depression have a higher statistical chance of violence than schizophrenics.


According to most psychologists. For example the authors of Schizophrenia For Dummies

Which is a great and easy to understand book, on a very difficult to understand topic.

> I...what?

Yeah, I know.

> trying to explain to a friend of mine that I will not have sex with him.

That really shouldn’t require an explanation, and I can’t imagine engaging would ever go well.

> different to that

Are you British?

> (I am intrigued by high functioning schizophrenics, in all honesty, since I am very close to one and all of my information is observed and guesswork and I want to understand better.)

I’m sure there’s something you could read (1, 2, 3).

Sure, I would love to share to give you some perspective.

Within the first month she told me she had schizophrenia. Now, I've noticed while we dated that she experiences highs of feeling elated/happy and lows of withdrawal/silence. The moment she told me she must have let her guard down and was feeling comfortable enough to share, which I greatly appreciated.

Granted, I did not have much knowledge (except from old myths and movie portrayals) of schizophrenia. As our relationship progressed, I didn't question much about her illness especially during times she was experiencing symptoms of hearing voices and delusions. When asked about them though, she would become defensive and respond back that things like "well you don't tell me anything about yourself, so why should I have to tell you about what I'm going through."

I tried using logic and factual evident to refute her delusions (mainly accusations that I was falling for other girls when we're out in public). But this grew tiresome because she claims things like "I know what I saw, and it's my feeling that you're checking out these other girls."

I'm still in the relationship at the moment, but I'm not positive if I can continue it much longer. My relationship with my own family is becoming strained because of their lack of understanding of the illness, and no matter what I do to portray a good picture of her, her actions don't seem to help the cause of us being together.

I'm sorry to go on a rant here. What really did help recently was going to a bookstore and picking up a book about schizophrenia. We sit down and read this together. There's nothing more valuable than educating yourselves and it can open a bridge to learning how the illness can affect you and the partner and different methods of treatment.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.