Living with Schizophrenia

What is it like to live with schizophrenia? Legal scholar and writer Elyn Saks has suffered from this devastating illness for many years and is a strong advocate for the rights of mentally ill people. Please listen to her talk and address the following questions in your comment.

http://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness.html (Links to an external site.)

Questions: Has learning about Elyn's experience with schizophrenia influenced your view about mental disorders and society's treatment of people with them? What did you find especially interesting or surprising about her story? What sort of societal changes do you think can or should be made to increase people's awareness and understanding of psychological disorders?