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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
One more thing I've noticed is an awful lot of recovered people can't just leave their dx behind....there is this strong need to help other people....most of the recovered people I've read about go into some sort of psychology, peer support or other advocacy. One guy was a mental health librarian. Elyn saks picked up a psych degree on top of her law degree...when you're actively seeing and helping people in real life there is less need to do it virtually...the rewards of irl interaction are more intense. Maybe that's why some of the highest level advocates don't do this online..they are already getting their fix somewhere else...I mean why go home and do what you already do at work all day?
Also you should ask atypical disaster about her psychiatrist who has sza...
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I'll tell you my understanding of this , i do think that high achieving sz are a minority in sz demographics. Amongst the general population 100 seems to be the average iq , with most filling in around that score. Now if thats the general course what kind of metrics would a sz demographic generate , the same median score? There are many studies that show that cognitive deficits around the area of attention and general cognitive function in youth and adolesents can be a predictor for developing mental illness. This is hard to take but this kind of data is hard to ignore , infact in a sea of mixed messages in this area , the truth is important in coming to a more measured and real assesment about life in general and ones relation to it. I encourage people to go out and look at the data. It strikes me that we all seem to be running around measuring ourselves against the expectation of others , i think to truely know oneself is an incredible advantage.