I have considered several ways I might answer your question. Yes, schizophrenia has been a terrible problem at times -- hallucinations, confusion, paranoia, etc., -- who wouldn't call that a problem? But now that I look back, has it been that bad of a problem to my life as a whole? No -- it has turned me toward a better way of life. Now I am not centering my being on work and making money. I am centering on taking care of the people in my life, helping others who need help like I once did, taking time for a nap, for observance of nature, for communion with God.
Carolyn