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by 11235813213455 632 days ago
Even those who are not, will probably develop some sort of schizophrenia due to their marginal lifestyle, but I wonder if it's really a "disease", I feel like it's an adaptation to their environment for people who are more sensitive than others. I feel like the pain is more due to the lack of solutions, especially in a city centre, where it's a constant hell for these guys (and for most any other animal actually, except a few who adapted to that: pigeons, rats, some insects but not the most beautiful ones), just my thought
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> but I wonder if it's really a "disease"

Not a disease but a real illness, with no cure but treatment like cancer.

Even with effective treatment, sometimes the psychosis wins, and the patient can backslide into full blown illness.