He felt cold as he twisted the blade between his gentle hands.
2.2 million people in the US alone are affected.
Slowly he got up and crossed the room where he found a sheet of paper and a pen.
Medication causes discomfort.
I can't live like this anymore, I'm so sorry.
Episodes can last between 2 weeks and months.
They would get no further explanation than that.
After 10 years of medication, only 25% were completely recovered, 35% much improved. Only 15% were improved, 15% hospitalized, and 10% were dead.
He went back to where he was before, turning out every light on his way; leaving him in complete and total darkness.
After 30 years of being medicated, there is still only 25% that are completely recovered, still only 35% that are much improved, 15% improved, 10% hospitalized, and 15% dead.
He sat by the only light in the room; the light of the moon and stars.
It affects 6% homeless or sheltered people, 6% live in hospitals, 6% are jailed, 10% live in nursing homes, 20% in group homes, 25% with a family member and 28% independently.
He looked out the window, a tear slowly gliding down his cheek; going by unnoticed.
People who with it are 50 times more likely to committee suicide, 13% are actually killed, 40% is attempted. 60% are attempts made by males.
The facts kept running through his mind; scaring him even further.
People are more likely to become drug or alcohol abusers, 20% are jailed for it.
He tried not to think at all but it did nothing.
You have a 15% chance of getting it from a parent and that means a 15% chance of spreading it to your own children, there is a 48% chance of identical twins contracting it.
He was just too scared to live anymore.
Substance abuse increases your chance of getting it.
He pushed the blade deep into his skin starting at the crook of his left elbow and drew it down to his wrist; he was already feeling dizzy as the blood rushed out of him.
One out of every one hundred Americans fall victim to Schizophrenia.
The right one was harder but he was successful as he slowly slid to a laying position; it hurt now but it would be over soon and he would no longer be in fear or pain he thought as he closed his eyes for the last time; leaving the night's sky as the last thing he saw.
About 10% of people with schizophrenia commit suicide each year.
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