Q: Recently, I began reading about schizophrenia online, purely out of curiosity. I didn’t know much about the disease and I wanted to understand it. After consulting several sources, I realized I have all the symptoms of early schizophrenia and I think I might have this disease. I’ve just entered high school, and over the [...]

Q: I am 16 years old and I guess I have some problems. They were recently brought to my attention by a friend and by my mother. They have existed in my life for about two years, some longer than that, since the time I found my kitten dead in our dryer — that actually [...]

Q: I just turned thirty and was officially diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia six years ago. For a period of time I was able to function, but unfortunately I did lose control of reality and fell into a paranoid, delusional mess. During that time, I moved back in with my parents and began receiving excellent psychiatric [...]

Q: I have a mental illness (schizoaffective disorder), and I’m a single 26-year-old male. I’m thinking about getting married to someone on the same level because other girls won’t accept me for who I am. But if I do, what if she wants to have kids with me? What should I do? What if the [...]

Q: Can people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) have visual hallucinations of their alternate personalities? A: What an interesting question. Although formally recognized as a mental health disorder and valid diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder) is the subject of debate in [...]

Q: My boyfriend is 32 years old and I have known him for one year. I suspect that he may have a mental illness, however he completely refuses to check with a medical professional or even consider that he may have a problem. We have been thinking of a future together, but I’m worried since I [...]

Q: I have a very dear friend I have known for about four years now. In the past 18 months, he has lost his dad and his identical twin brother. Prior to losing his dad, he spent 15 months caring for him as he was very ill. During the time I have known him, he [...]