Being diagnosed with a mental illness is devastating. Are you doomed to a life of incarceration and menial jobs? Author and law professor Elyn R. Saks decided to fight against just such a dreary prognosis when she was told that her schizophrenia would keep her from doing anything more meaningful than working part-time making change as a cashier or watching TV in a group home. She decided to write her life story and has since participated in studies of “high functioning” schizophrenics. She has found a number of other people like herself - people who deal with hallucinations and psychotic episodes and still manage to maintain a successful and relatively normal existence.
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