What about Elyn Saks? What about John Nash? There are successful schizophrenics out there.

The people who come to PC are mostly people still in the danger zone, not fully recovered people. Though I'm not sure whether one can be "fully" recovered. Schizophrenia is like cancer. You can go into remission, but you never know if and when the illness will strike again. You kind of have to learn to live with it, with the possibility of relapse always there.

I'm also sure that many people in the real world hide or lie about their diagnoses because of the stigma.

I know I don't tell people I'm schizo or psychotic. (diagnosed schizoaffective, we're not sure whether it's depressed type or bipolar type)

Plus, schizophrenia is an illness that typically hits in young adulthood. It's not like autism where little kids are affected. People don't care about adults. They are less able (or willing) to help them.