tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126905610166925807.post1589723713959069687..comments2024-03-14T13:11:28.281-04:00Comments on Overcoming Schizophrenia: A Beautiful Mind- The MovieAshley Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03227478646550668474noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126905610166925807.post-82861330214684208452010-03-15T13:53:35.216-04:002010-03-15T13:53:35.216-04:00Rebecca, I meant to say that no one in my family b...Rebecca, I meant to say that no one in my family blames my mother for my illness now.<br /><br />AshleyAshley Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227478646550668474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126905610166925807.post-86914264549481765982010-03-15T13:52:52.451-04:002010-03-15T13:52:52.451-04:00Thanks Ashley. I also have schizophrenia and made ...Thanks Ashley. I also have schizophrenia and made a film for HBO about the 1st ten years of my recovery - "People Say I'm Crazy" - www.peoplesayimcrazy.org<br /><br />Its so important for all of us to "come out" about our disease.<br /><br />There's a researcher- Pat Corrigan - who studied all the ways to combat stigma & found that the BEST way to change a person&#John Cadiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846821486298208770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126905610166925807.post-84942506768537675952010-03-15T13:51:58.857-04:002010-03-15T13:51:58.857-04:00Thank you John and Rebecca for sharing films of in...Thank you John and Rebecca for sharing films of interest, I will definitely check it out.<br /><br />John- Thanks for the compliment I am glad you find this blog resourceful.<br /><br />Rebecca- When I was first diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2007, some of my relatives blamed my mother for my illness. This is absurd, I know, some people just do not know what schizophrenia is. Now, some of my Ashley Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227478646550668474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126905610166925807.post-65811470459546500732010-03-15T13:36:02.266-04:002010-03-15T13:36:02.266-04:00Stigma is our biggest problem.
Just saw a docum...Stigma is our biggest problem. <br /><br />Just saw a documentary about how people used to blame moms for schizophrenia & how stigma messed up treatment. Then, because of that blame, when they shut down hospitals community care never fully got set up. So too many people are homeless or in jail now. Sucks.<br /><br />Film is called When Medicine Got it Wrong www.whenmedicine.org<br /><br Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304777928568280768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126905610166925807.post-41958072624243858112010-03-15T13:29:44.110-04:002010-03-15T13:29:44.110-04:00Thanks Ashley. I also have schizophrenia and made...Thanks Ashley. I also have schizophrenia and made a film for HBO about the 1st ten years of my recovery - "People Say I'm Crazy" - www.peoplesayimcrazy.org<br /><br />Its so important for all of us to "come out" about our disease. <br /> <br />There's a researcher- Pat Corrigan - who studied all the ways to combat stigma & found that the BEST way to change a John Cadiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846821486298208770noreply@blogger.com