How about living a life with negative symptoms? It’s almost as being already dead…
I say that sz/sza doesn’t have to be a life sentence. You can choose to live a healthy lifestyle just like the normies do. You can choose to exercise and eat right and go to your doctor visits and take your medications as prescribed. You can choose to be happy and choose not to carry out suicidal thoughts. We can choose not to smoke or do drugs. It’s all our own choice.
Life expectancy
The overall weighted life expectancy for people with schizophrenia was 64.7 years (95% CI 61.1 to 71.3)
For men, life expectancy was nearly 8 years shorter than for women at
Men 59.9 years (95% CI 55.5 to 64.3)
Women 67.6 years (95% CI 63.1 to 72.1)
I agree with @Anonaccount , it’s all preventable just by seeing your family doctor regularly.
To live longer we can abstain from illicit drug use.
We can abstain or limit alcohol consumption.
We can eat healthier and we can keep moderately active.
And absolutely No smoking cigarettes!
I don’t need a longer life. I want a better quality life. @Anonaccount is right to an extent, and making as many positive choices as we can certainly does help. Sometimes it’s impossible because it feels overwhelmingly impossible to do the simplest things, but I keep trying.
I would like a longer life but it is said I’m like my grandmother on my father’s side and she only lived until when she was 50.