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Surviving Diagnosis

June 3, 2012 | Personal Experiences | 5 Comments

Contributed by Jo Twist I was given a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia nearly twenty years ago. Although this was initially a relief, it gradually became a problem in itself. The diagnosis serves to explain to yourself, family and friends why you have been behaving like this for so long, in my case for the last four […]

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