I am normal

Something unique and interesting fact I found in schizophrenic people.
~they are the kindest people when they are in the sane state~

She is a mother of three, recently given birth to her 11months old boy with her second husband. Her first husband was hostile to her whom enjoyed beating her. At that time, she was only 15years old and already had a child with him. God's merciful, her husband left her and she remarried to another guy. Not as good as her previous man, he is a drunkard, but was better in the sense that he didn't beat her and frequently visits her at the hospital. Fair enough for me.

She was schizophrenic at a very young age. Unintentionally not compliant to her meds because of the transportation and financial problems with a poor family support. She is currently staying with her kyphoscoliotic mother who is really really old and weak with her youngest children. The eldest who is now 14years old, married and has a child stays with her husband and she herself not reluctant to take care of her psycho mother. I later found out that she is too not really treating her nicely as she should be.

We found out that she walked around the town naked and always "mingling" with the other men. Does the husband care? He probably too drunk to care whether he pees right. pfftt..Hence, we decided to admit her for stabilization and also offered her bilateral tubal ligation.

The operation was done today. As I walked by in the ward today, from far, she said; "Hello Doctor, Good Afternoon". It was a very unusual scene to witness. She usually likes to walk around especially at night with her make up on. Even accompanied me during ward rounds. She amused me with her stories. She never act aggressively. Even though she does have a horror dark history once before. But for this current admission, she has been a good girl so far.

Today, I had the most sane conversation with her. Again, very unusual or I never expected her to let it all out to me today. She told me how she was so scared even to pass flatus as that might open up the stitches. She even concerned about how long she will be warded. Will the wound heal nicely?
She even asked about her son (who is currently admitted to paed ward for fever). She even told me a summary of her life, how her first husband hurt her, how devastated she was when her own daughter too will beat her sometimes, how she felt about her son and how worried she was thinking about how she is going to take care of her son with her current condition, who are going to take care of him and also her old mother, who are going to pay for all these medical expenses.

She expressed all her concerns with appopriate facial affects. Like a normal person. She, like the normal us too can think when she is "sober". She too have feelings. She too have problems and worries.

I don't know about the fact and details but I assume that the society still thinks that schizophrenics are harmful and need to be estranged from community. It becomes a stigma. Unless, with a proper media attention, we probably can change people's perception about schizophrenia. Don't you think?