'Schizophrenia is certainly not a life sentence': The founder of Students With Schizophrenia on tackling mental health taboos

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To mark WorldMentalHealthDay, Cecilia McGough shares her experiences and the tools that have helped her manage her schizophrenia.

Digital native with a penchant for all things beauty, wellness and Love Island related. Non-verified Whispering Angel brand ambassador.Experiencing a mental health condition at a young age can be incredibly daunting, which is exactly why Cecilia McGough set up Students With Schizophrenia.

It is thought that I have had schizophrenia all of my life. It started off as shadowy figures at night originating from my bedroom closet. My parents would joke that I was seeing a ghost and called it "Mr. Blob Man." To be honest, I believe that they just thought that I was an over-imaginative kid who was scared of the dark and that nothing further was going on. In reality, though, I was showing early warning signs of schizophrenia.

My symptoms became more pronounced in high school and snowballed into college. I started seeing, hearing and feeling things that were not there. I hallucinate a clown very similar to the older adaptation of Steven King's IT along with other figures. It took me eight months after a suicide attempt in college to finally get the proper medical help that I needed due to the stigma. That decision saved my life.

 

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On world mental health day I Christ would like to heal the world from god believes, supernatural faith, superstition practices, etc. Please don’t give into the dementia of the mind it is just a mirage.

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