Ksenia

“The party was good, and Jonathan made immense efforts to belong. I don't think I had realised till them how difficult such occasions were for him. You could see him straining to find the right phrase and, when he found it, he would blurt it out as if he were an actor who was not yet familiar with his lines. People with schizophrenia have to make herculean efforts to stay our side of the line.”
― Anne Deveson, Tell Me I'm Here: One Family's Experience of Schizophrenia

“With schizophrenia, we know that we are dealing with a range of disorders of varying severity which arise from a mosaic of one or more factors – genetic, biochemical, neurological – interacting in complex ways with the person's environment and personality.”
― Anne Deveson, Tell Me I'm Here: One Family's Experience of Schizophrenia

“Mosher said, 'Treat people as normal, like them, be warm and friendly, and they will have much more chance of getting better than if you treat them as sick and keep as far away from them as possible'.”
― Anne Deveson, Tell Me I'm Here: One Family's Experience of Schizophrenia

“As long as schizophrenia is treated like some evil and frightening nemesis, not as just an illness, we shall continue to spurn those who are afflicted, and to abandon their families.”
― Anne Deveson, Tell Me I'm Here: One Family's Experience of Schizophrenia