Celebrating schizophrenic identity can save lives in a way medication never will.
Doctors label this state of not believing one’s diagnosis “anosognosia,” a symptom of schizophrenia in which an individual is unable to understand that they are ill. Many well-meaning doctors and caregivers give great weight to the distinction between anosognosia and denial.
The widely accepted, traditional approach to combating this phenomenon is to pump schizophrenic bodies full of medication with or without the individual’s consent. Involuntary treatment saves lives by reducing or eliminating symptoms including anosognosia, but it can also be weaponized in illegal and traumatic ways. And it’s typically not a permanent solution—no matter how you feel about the ethics of long-term involuntary treatment, our legal system rarely permits its use.
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