schizophrenia effects the nervous system

schizophrenia affects a person's ability to think, feel, and behave clearly.

The symptoms of schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior.

Some treatments would be Antipsychotic medications, Psychotherapy.

if a person with schizophrenia is left untreated it will cause extreme physical,emotional, and behavioral problems that affect every area of a person's life.

People with schizophrenia have difficulty keeping a job and caring for themselves. They must rely on family and friends for help. The disease is often misunderstood, but it is treatable, and in many cases, the individual can go on to lead a productive and normal life.

To prevent schizophrenia don’t use street drugs, and moderate any use of alcohol. Make an ongoing effort to develop your social skills as much as you can. Avoid social isolation. 

a thing you should remember about people schizophrenia is they are still human beings and not all people with schizophrenia have the same symptoms. 

" There’s a black cloud surrounding schizophrenia which follows me everywhere. You see people with mental health problems in strait jackets and doing violent things in movies, so people start to think you’re like that. "

"Others think we use our diagnosis as a way of avoiding accountability. If everyone had a choice, no one would choose to feel or act as if they had a mental health problem - so it’s just not true."

"I started to hallucinate. I was hearing voices and I was always paranoid people were looking at me. The voices told me people were talking about me. "

 "When you hear voices, it makes you feel bad about yourself - I was upset with myself, not other people, and I never wanted to hurt anyone. "

 "I felt so bad about myself that it consumed me - I didn’t even think about other people."

"The voices stress you out and when other people spread rumors, it adds to that stress."