Nicki's Story: Noah Is At Home

In the world of 2016, where social media has taken over and we are yet to be robots, there are some things we have forgotten about. I’m going to remind you of one of these things. Noah, is 16. Noah is at home. While all the other 16 year olds are at high school, talking about Nicki’s new release and Top Shops latest sale, Noah is at home. Noah is at home because he’s not welcome in society. Noah has been described as dangerous to himself, and to others. But he is not understood, not by his mom nor his dad. Because Noah is ‘dangerous’ – diagnosed by doctors, so why should his parents try and understand him? …show more content…
Swears at her because his own mother doesn’t bother to support him. Swears at her because out of all the people in the world that should love him, it should be his own mother. Swears at her because he has no more hope. Swears at her because all he wants to do is speak the language with ‘her’. Swears at her because he can’t hold onto tomorrow anymore. Then the

medication kicks in, and he becomes emotionless, and he stares into space. He stares into a space that has no hope or love for him. Noah is a schizophrenic. Noah mumbles the Bee Gees lyrics, “It’s only words, and words are all I have...” The one thing that he wanted, words, was the very thing no one allowed him to have. 51 million people, according to Schizophrenia dot com, suffer from schizophrenia. And I think that we have forgotten about those who suffer from disorders like this. Just a couple of words you could give to someone, because it’s only words and words are all we have. What upsets me is that we think of people with mental illnesses, as less than us. Maybe some people describe them as incompetent, but if someone has chronic heart disease, all sympathy in the world is given unto them. Having a mental disease is the same as having cancer, or