Just want to say that I wasn't trying to argue with you. Hope my post didn't read like I was disagreeing with you.

I do believe my illness is mainly due to genes and other physiological factors like head injuries, not my social/psychological environment. My environment has been pretty good my whole life, and I have had plenty of protective factors. But the schizophrenia didn't care about that. Also, I find it very difficult to believe that many of the things I struggle with are more psychological than biological in nature. Like the fact that I can't feel joy when thinking about future or past, which I was perfectly able to do before I got ill. Or the fact that every time I quit my medicines I lose myself completely in a cycle of very predictable mood swings and delusional behavior. This happens with or without the presence of external or internal triggers, and it never stops, even if am completely without meds for many months. And before I suddenly got ill, my life was really good. I was happy and functioning well psychologically. Those are some of the reasons why I do not believe that my schizophrenia was caused by psychological issues, but there are more.

I think this is very individual. For some it is more biological in nature, for others more psychological. But there's no shame or comfort for me in either of the explanations.