While I can't say I'm particularly sociable my psychosis actually increased my desire to socialize...so I was different as well. I also kept my abiliy to work etc...never got a sz dx...ended up with a full recovery. The way to see this is as a very special case the normal rules about recovery etc might not apply to you...ie you might get back control over your life at some point but you might have to build your own path to recovery.

One more thing I think everyone can relate to being trapped in their own life...nobody here chose to be sick and often it was/is painful and costly...