Have you ever known someone with a mental illness? How did/does the illness impact his/her life? What have you learned about this mental illness just from knowing them? You may provide pseudo names to protect their identity.




In my senior year of high school one of my closets friend suffered from schizophrenia  and it was very difficult to see my friend go through this giving the fact that I knew her for over four years. In the beginning of discovering her illness she was very distant and did not want to communicate with any of her friends, i knew something was wrong but i didn't know what exactly. Since her diagnosis she has continued to be more distant and we don't talk at all anymore by her request. As a friend i felt left in the dark and hurt. We use to do everything together like go to the mall, shop, exersice   and it had been tough since we don't talk anymore but i had no choice but to get over it. Just by knowing my friend i would say this disease cause for attention and take my advice although they want to shut you out of their lives don't let them, you have to fight for their friendship. I really wished I had done more to stay connected with my friend.