I haven’t seen this posted anywhere else on lemmy for some reason.

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    You’re right in some ways, but also people with schizophrenia need help whether they want it or not. They are, by nature of brain chemistry, incredibly prone to interpret it as conspiracy or government overreach, but if they don’t have these issues under control they’re at risk of hurting people or being hurt themselves.

    Schizophrenia isn’t a “the world was shit and I didn’t have hope so I went crazy” disease. It’s a combination of biological predisposition and a trigger that can be anything from drugs to stress and in this man’s case seems to have been a prison sentence. It’s why people with a predisposition to Schizophrenia should avoid cannabis and psychedelics.

    I don’t like locking up the mentally ill. As someone disabled I’m acutely aware of how badly disabled people are sometimes treated by the system, and given that I have loved ones and relatives who’ve been committed for and against their wills, I want very much for commitment to be less awful and only when necessary, but sometimes it is necessary and I’d like it to happen before people get hurt