[FollowingTheDao]

> homelessness, drug use, and lack of sleep very much can trigger psychotic episodes.

Yes, I don’t understand your disagreement, that’s the point I was making. That for some of us these things will cause schizophrenia for others. Maybe some other illness like lupus. The problem isn’t the gene. The problem is the environment. If you’re not homeless, don’t use drugs and get good sleep And you don’t get schizophrenia, an we say schizophrenia is a disease? Or is it a symptom of environment that is not fitting for the individual?

And in fact, schizophrenia is not a disease, it’s classified as a disorder.

[lazyasciiart]

The disease or disorder is always present, the symptoms can come and go. Someone allergic to peanuts is allergic to peanuts whether or not they have eaten some this week.

[FollowingTheDao]

But you see I only care about the symptoms. And the symptoms are used to classify disorders. No symptoms, no disorder.

You can carry all these jeans and not be exposed to any trigger and would never know you had the disorder so can you call it disorder if you have zero symptoms?

[lazyasciiart]

Yes, actually, you can. Feel free to call yourself allergy free and stop carrying an epipen though.