Would you rather be told you have schizophrenia, or cancer?

Schizophrenia unless the voices in my head insist I have cancer.

You're going to hell for wasting your beautiful mind on such trolling.

Cancer.

Either way, big pharma is going to make good money off you.

I'd rather be diagnosed with cancer. At least it, with a certain amount of luck, can be cured.

Would you rather have your 10 fingernails pulled out slowly, or your testicles sliced off quickly?

Would you rather spend a week in Kabul or Damascus?

R2 = schizo

If you had to eat out Imelda Marcos or Jocelyn Wildenstein, which stinky old pussy would you lick?

R2 = Susan Komen

Cancer. At least I can die.

There are semi effective treatments for some types of cancer. Not so much for the other.

My partner has periods of severe mental health issues. If he wasn't so good at his job, they would have fired him years ago. Unfortunately, he is not suicidal.

Cancer can be cured. Schizophrenia can not be cured

I've already had cancer twice, so I think I could handle that better since I'm used to it.

Cancer seems to be winning!

This is a no-brainer

I would kill myself if I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Cancer, I would fight like hell.

Might just be me, but IDC. It's how I feel.

[quote]Unfortunately, he is not suicidal.

Huh, R13?

Bump

Set the scene, OP.

Am I rich, thin, and gorgeous?

I need to know what I have to lose.

My brother has schizophrenia. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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With schizophrenia, you lose everyone and everything, but you keep living, always suspicious, always terrified, and not realizing that anything is wrong with you. The disease makes you think that your closest friends and relatives, and most strangers, are trying to destroy you. You'd push them away, and those who don't give up on you will be exhausted. Even if you're in the hospital, you'll think that the carers are going to hurt you. You can't recognize any warmth or kindness in the world.

With cancer, you know what's going on...even if it's bad. And you can be comforted by your loved ones. Even if your time is short, you can be at peace.

Extra toes, if I absolutely had to choose.

Schizophrenia is hell. Nothing is worse or more terrifying than losing your mind that way.

R24 well said. A few years back, the teenage son of one of my coworkers was diagnosed with a DIPG (virtually 0% survival rate), and in his last few months, he was said to have been surprisingly calm and accepting of his fate, probably because he was able to realize that his life, although short, was a fairly good one and that he was deeply loved by his friends and family, and his memory wasn't going to be soon forgotten.

I've had cancer of a kind that's never considered to be truly in remission. I'll spend the rest of my life being monitored for it's return. Schizophrenia runs in my family. If this had been a choice for me, between the two, I'm happily taking the cancer and considering it the far better deal.

I'm the only voting for Schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia: New hope for recovery

Despite the widespread misconception that people with schizophrenia have no chance of recovery or improvement, the reality is much more hopeful. Although currently there is no cure for schizophrenia, you can treat and manage it with medication, self-help strategies, and supportive therapies.

R29 the long-term use of anti-schizo meds have severe effects in themselves, tardive dyskinesia being one of them

A very close relative has schizophrenia, and it's utterly tragic. Although I'm terrified of getting cancer, I'd still take it over schizophrenia.

Options for dealing with tardive dyskinesia, r30.

R29, that's an encouraging article for people facing the diagnosis. It would have been comforting to read sometime during the years I was waiting to see if I'd escaped the family curse. But. Even with a great deal of support, schizophrenia can be hard to manage. It puts tremendous pressure on your familial support network, and god help you if you're trying to navigate it on your own. This country just doesn't have that kind of social safety net. Our safety net is essentially asphalt, the streets and alleyways where homeless congregate. Maybe there's a more hopeful outlook for mild schizophrenia, my family seems to get the dire kind.