how do you think you would cope if you were diagnosed with schizophrenia?

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could you cope living with the prejudice and stigma associated with the illness? are you in a relationship with a schizophrenia sufferer? what are the plusses and minusses of having a relationship with somebody who has this illness? is it really any different to having a relationship with somebody who is supposedly mentally well? i know plenty folk who are "sane" when not in drink, and then use their drunken state as an excuse to be violent, and yet that is regarded as acceptable behaviour. meanwhile mentally ill folk suffer in silence and solitude. are schizophrenics anything more than their illness/label? i could go on, and i intend to! have a heart. love and peace, swot.