Essay asks questions about people with schizophrenia and recovery.
The essay is written in an autoethnographic style.
The purpose of this paper is to portray the actual outcome for a person with schizophrenia, in the context of recovery and the achievement of independence.
Statistics are from review of various sources and are compared with autoethnographic data. The implications are to confirm social exclusion for the cohort of people with schizophrenia.
Practical implications include the recognition of the unusual destinations for those with schizophrenia.
Independence is a desirable and much espoused social outcome and yet so few people with schizophrenia are empowered in this way, meaning that they fail to share a social dialogue with many of their fellow citizens.
This essay details a struggle to live up to social norms which are hindered because of a life with schizophrenia.
