Theme Of Schizophrenia In Me, Myself

What is Schizophrenia? That is the question a reader must ask themselves. “ Schizophrenia affects the ability to function at home, school, or work and to relate to other people, but the specific form it takes is as individual as a fingerprint.” Most people, including me, think that schizophrenia is a scary disease. After reading Me, Myself, and Them by Kurt Snyder with Raquel E. Gur, M.D., PH.D., and Linda Wasmer Andrews I realized that schizophrenia is not a scary disease. People only believe it is scary because it is unfamiliar to them. Me, Myself, and Them educates people who read this book that people with schizophrenia are just like everybody else. This book is also very unique because it is one of the only books written for teenager and …show more content…
After he first starts getting warning signs Snyder starts to lose control of his life. Was not going to class anymore could not stay focused on anything. When Kurt Snyder starts a job at a facility with cameras installed Snyder begins to be very paranoid. “ I couldn’t escape the idea that I was being watched all the time. The feeling that I was under observation permanently burned into my brain.” Then Snyder takes a drastic turn and thinks that everybody is watching and following him. He lost many jobs because he thought the FBI was following him. As he traveled deeper down the path of schizophrenia friends and family began to be concerned for him. Taking him to mental hospitals to get evaluated. Eventually, Snyder would be released with a medicine he was not going to take. Then slowly Snyder realized that to get his life better he had to take his medicine. Through this book I really saw what took to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. Also throughout this book doctors talk about schizophrenia and some of the signs, causes, and treatments. Half of Me, Myself, and Them is Kurt Snyder’s story and the other half is everything a person who has schizophrenia or who knows somebody with this disease could need to know about the mental disease and to help yourself or …show more content…
Including other people’s stories helps you realize that everybody’s journey with this disease is different. These stories tell readers about how they were successful and then these people’s whole life was turned upside down when they got schizophrenia. These people did not know what was happening or why this was happening. Throughout the book doctors and Kurt Snyder tell readers about symptoms of schizophrenia and what to do if somebody you love or know might have symptoms. Every chapter has tips about the disease and how to handle the disease. This book helps anybody understand the disease whether the reader has schizophrenia or has a loved one who has the disease. This book puts a complicated disease in easy to understand terms and explains it very