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If you are wondering "can I work my schizophrenia out?", you can!

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Hi there,

So if you are wondering if you can ever work your schizophrenia out, here is a person who is both schizo-affective and schizophrenic - and he has control of his mind!

It is a nine minute talk, but it evidences very clearly that with objective practice (as the person says "pushing undesireable thoughts away", but it could easily be meditation) you can manage your mental health - and be a highly functioning individual (with a job!).

I hope that helps you get perspective on yourself - which is normal!

Thanks
 

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Thank you, but that depends highly on the severity of the schizophrenia (you can't be schizophrenic and schizo-affective) and the type of symptoms. I have had schizophrenia since I was 9, and can't work or study. I think you're trying to be helpful here, but getting people to deny a real disability can result in depression when they find they can't do this, no matter how hard, because it is a real illness. They may even feel like failures because they didn't have the ability or the "will-power" to succeed.
 
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