Schizo paper

Schizo paper Schizo paper Schizophrenia At a young age while attending law school at Oxford, Elyn Saks experienced a complete schizophrenic episode. It turned into an agonizing journey in which Mrs. Saks struggled for many years, but she came through thanks to consistent medication, talk-therapy, and the support of her friends, co-workers, and family. After reading The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey through Madness, I was really able to feel just how real and intense mental illnesses can be. What a courageous woman Mrs. Saks is to have risked everything she worked for by exposing her demons to the world only to help us gain a better understanding of the horrific illness we know as Schizophrenia. I went back through the text and compared symptoms of Schizophrenia with other mental illnesses. I found myself applying what I have been studying to a real situation which, in my opinion, is the best way to learn. What I liked most about this reading assignment is that it is a memoir written by an accomplished professional who suffers from Schizophrenia. It’s not just another case study created by a doctor or someone who reiterates what they read in a textbook. Mrs. Saks speaks on a personable level. As I read through the three exerts assigned, I couldn’t help but think to myself, â€Å"Wow, the struggles are real and this is only a glimpse of what she has endured throughout her life.† Through it all, she was able to overcome both positive and negative effects of Schizophrenia and worked to become a lawyer and professor. People who suffer from Schizophrenia have a MAJOR mental illness in which they will never fully recover from. Ever since I watched the movie Me, Myself,