Yeah man. I came to the same conclusion just by looking at how people develop over the years. It always seems that the people under less stress, came from a good family, had good upbringing were always less prone to things like schizophrenia and developed better in general. This indicates that there is a greater factor then genetics at play as it is externally induced.

This draws the notion that schizophrenia is self induced. Hands down stress is the biggest cause. You just have to take a look around to realize that.

As for okies post, well I beg to question what these people are doing to try and change there thinking patterns. Not to mention I don’t think much of modern ways to treat things, simply because they take a selfish way of looking at things, what can I learn... yet if you actually say what can you teach me, you learn a lot more in the end. And if it is indeed self induced, then it can be reversed. However the human mind gets programmed by night and day cyclical behavior that is indeed influenced by environmental factors around them, this would indicate that thought process is very hard to change, especially for people who are constantly focusing on needs instead of goals. It basically consumes there whole existence.

The only reason why I am against drugs is because drugs block a release. Yet you are denying nature’s way of trying to bring back a state of equilibrium. The very same fundamentals in which nature and our bodies were founded on. You don’t go against the rules that govern us. You just make the symptoms worse in the end as 1. You become dependant on the drug. 2. You stop the stimulation from getting released bottling it in the head. The best natural defense is exercise to bring your metabolism up to speed with the anxiety so your body can dispose of it, or sleep so the ideas working you up can dissipate. A natural way based on the rules of natures. Just like in life we tend to go with your strengths, well why not do the same with ailments. The body is resilient as hell; why not work with it to strengthen it?