“The word schizophrenia, derived from the Greek for split mind, is not only a misleading term, but a label which has acquired stigma from inaccurate images in our society. The split is not within the mind but from reality…” (Goldsmith, 1998).
As I step into my most recent role, I have the privilege of learning from and walking along side with warm, funny and kind folks that are living with the illness. I am inspired by their compassion and determination to speak boldly of their lived experiences to educate our city everyday.
The People, a poem from If I Played My Life
Where are my friends?
Where is my family?
I cannot remember
Who I am.
Water forms in my vision
A hand reaches in
Pulling me out,
Back to reality.
There sit the people
The real people of my life
Eyes moist and red
Loving words comfort me.
Slowly I realize
What they have gone through
While I couldn’t see them
And they could not find me.
Simon Adamson
Learn more here: https://www.schizophrenia.ab.ca/programs-services/community-education
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