‘Words on Bathroom Walls’ Reveals the Truth About Schizophrenia

The movie “Words on Bathroom Walls” inspired me to learn more about schizophrenia. Here are some things I learned from the film and educational YouTube videos.

People without schizophrenia cannot imagine the life of someone with it.
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When I first saw the trailer for the movie “Words on Bathroom Walls,” I had mixed feelings. On the one hand, the subject of mental health fascinated me. The fact that the movie focused on schizophrenia intrigued me. But then, I worried that the film would get everything wrong about schizophrenia and mental health in general. After having watched it with an open mind, I loved it. My research about schizophrenia helped me understand the condition and how the movie portrayed it so accurately. Here are some lessons I learned about schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is often diagnosed in young adulthood.

Schizophrenia symptoms often begin during adolescence. However, many people do not receive a diagnosis until young adulthood.
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Schizophrenia is often diagnosed in a person’s late teens to young adulthood. Men are typically diagnosed earlier than women. Because the symptoms of schizophrenia often look like normal adolescent angst, it can go undiagnosed until a person’s early thirties.