The problem with schizo and other chronic diseases is that the damage is not fixed like injury instead its mostly progressive and brain trying its best to remain functional with all the resources it have. We too can aid that process by developing and following good habits.
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I personally believe its genetics, I read on Wikipedia that sz is 70-80% genetics and its triggered by weed and drugs (Drug-induced psychosis).
Yes most chronic diseases is from a genetic origin. Next is substance abuse.
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Nobody is saying you can just one day decide not to be sick anymore. It doesnāt work like that. But you CAN work on making small changes that snowball into bigger changes, and improve your life significantly from where you were. Meds are an important part of the puzzle, but they arenāt the only piece. Forming good habits DOES change the shape of your brain in a real, measurable way over time. It isnāt necessarily a cure, at least not today, but it can improve things significantly.
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Whilst you can rewire aspects of the neurology of your brain, sz comes from the fact that the cells which handle the actual production of the biological matter, are incorrectly producing. This is why the pruning theory of being effect is notable; the brain isnāt electrically (thatās what neuro is to a level) matching the brains chemical orders or vice versa.
This isnāt science, this is just my wording of what Iāve understood of the issue, itās actually much much more complicated than what Iāve written.
But to give you an idea. Your brain can do things but it canāt cope with things. Thatās whatās happening with sz. This can heal itself (with med support) or in some cultures (changed environments and other methods of which I know nothing of).
But for the most part, if the brain canāt cope it is because thereās an internal breakdown and not an external definite cause ( this is because the body is remarkably good at being functioning - this isnāt the case for sz ; hence ; it is a disease or disorder )
Youād be surprised, you might be living In a level of psychosis we and the next person has no idea about. Incl drs. The neuroplasticity (as correctly stated by others) is the process thatās helping to mask or hold away the symptoms ā firing electrical impulses in the correct ācopingā forms not in āhealedā forms ā/ this is why. For many, if not all. The major symptoms will return as soon as you leave the meds long enough and have trigger situations that revert to using the original faulty or fault liable dna coding in the cells.
Something like that above is what I think is going on.
Iāve been thinking for a long time Iām recovering. B it i realised days back Iām still very much susceptible to mind break , and the truth is, the only thing I stopped doing and what most likely caused it all was that I stopped doing the one thing many of us do all the time (you arenāt any different if Iāve understood it correctly) , that is. We actively āignoreā voices ā/ we are somehow able to avoid listening or being receptive to the voice component of the sz disorder. This isnāt a healing, itās only a coping. No surprises we have effects like cognitive decline that stay for significantly longer even if we appear recovered ā the brain is āactuallyā damaged. Thereās no question about that.
I shouldāve proof read this, itās grammatically poor and just poorly written all round. (Iāve mixed up though expressions between ideas). 
As a stroke survivor I have learned that the answer is yes, to a limited extent and also, no, not to the extent that most would like for it to be possible. The good news is that behavior is more adaptable than the physical brain itself.
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Everything rewires and changes the brain constantly, and even results in epigenetic changes. Notably social interaction turns on some genes that will not be enabled otherwise, so itās very important for us as we tend to isolate. Even if that means just talking to a therapist regularly. For me I also find online chat beneficial.
Other modalities that help (less in schizophrenia, but more in depression and anxiety according to Dr. āFreddyā Star MD) is neurofeedback, and AI neurofeedback. Another is cognitive remediation such as BrainHQ (this particular one was studied with positive results) which helps to improve even schizophrenic brains. The former is expensive and not widely available, the latter is quite affordable, but needs to be regular since like any exercise the results are cumulative (although itās fun and addictive).
I read about that but I canāt articulate it because Iāve forgotten most of it. But in basic terms: if you do something over and over regularly your brain will make a new neural path and turn it into the new normal.
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How did you pull off such enormous achievement? any tips?
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