[vbezhenar]

She will break down, then she'll get strong meds and she'll change unrecognizably. Think twice before making a long relationship with this person. You'll get a lot of stress and eventually she'll change drastically.

Schizophrenia has a strong genetic component, so think twice about making a children as well.

[aleph_minus_one]

> She will break down, then she'll get strong meds and she'll change unrecognizably. Think twice before making a long relationship with this person.

Isn't this risk mitigated if the respective person is (also) an anti-psychiatry activist? ;-)

[vbezhenar]

Doctors prescribe meds for a reason. Schizophrenia is not a funny thing. Person with voices in the head, can hurt or kill, themselves or someone. It's a choice between two evils. My spouse has these issues, and it was much worse for me, when she resisted to take a treatment. And treatment eventually changed her, so it's very terrible thing that I wouldn't recommend someone to experience voluntarily.

[aleph_minus_one]

> Schizophrenia is not a funny thing. Person with voices in the head, can hurt or kill, themselves or someone.

I know people with schizophrenia (both treated and untreated), but I really seem to be the kind of person who seems to have much less problems getting along with schizophrenic people than what is common in society.

If you ask me: a lot of "weird" stuff that I read on the internet over the decades is magnitudes more "weird" than what most schizophrenic people do - so by being an avid internet users for decades, what many people consider to be "repulsive" in schizophrenic people is just "normal variance" to me. Honestly, I often find "well-adjusted", conformist people to be much more repulsive and annoying than what I experienced with schizophrenic people.

Update: If someone told me they hear voices in their head, I'd rather be the kind of person who curiously asks for details, and will attempt to do some scientific investigations (e.g. about the personality traits or "true" intentions of the voices that the respective person hears). :-) :-)

[_zagj]

Please don't downvote or flag this person unless you have a family member (or better, family members) with schizophrenia.

[kridsdale3]

I have family with diagnosis. I upvoted the comment.

[balanced2]

The original article does point out the polygenic nature of the disease.

Currently dealing with a schizophrenic brother-in-law randomly calling for the death of his wife. They have a 2-year-old. I have high hopes for her though, but not for the ability for HN commenters to be able to make empathetic comments instead of random barking.