Give your sz and its symptoms a symbolizing animal and explain why.
I think male gorilla sums mine up.
Its pissy overbearing and intimidating. Its loud and i dont understand what it wants or why its there…
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A cub lion.
Right now it’s mellow and sweet and playful, but when it grows up it can be fierce.
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A wolf. Much like the Native American lesson it has both kindness and viciousness. I reward it when its kind to tame it and appreciate the good side
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A squid that shoots ink when it gets intimidated and uses the momentary distraction to flee the scene.
Because I get scared quick and do anything to escape into solitude when I’m sz lol. Everything is scary then.
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A red fox. Nimble, quick, sly, and relatively smart.
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I like how you gave it a grown up version.
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A sea Turtle.
Because two swam up to me in the ocean, and one so close I petted it while it just looked at me like I was a long lost cousin.
That, and I draw back into my shell when life gives me more than I can handle, which is often, and I won’t ever be homeless. Downside is, I carry my entire house around with me and it’s breaking my back.
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Medications work really well for me. So my animal is a bird. Flying free of burden.
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A Harpy Eagle. It’s at once beautiful and terrifying. It can inspire, but can also sink its talons in and cause tremendous pain.
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I’d say a cat. I actually have some very similar behavior as them due to my schizophrenia, which has helped me understand and connect with them better than probably the average Joe. I could easily see all cats being born with schizophrenia, as an explanation as to why they do anything. Though I’m fully aware their reasoning for doing things is way different than mine.
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A hibernating turtle by the roadside. A snapping turtle.
Because I’ve been hiding in my shell so long it’s become semi-permanent. If you try to get me, though I’ll reach out + attack to protect myself.
By the roadside. Not a safe place for a turtle. But as a human one - I need that kind of closeness to the comings + goings of the world.
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Mine is a shark. Mostly it goes about its business but it is unpredictable and will bite with all those rows of sharp teeth either if it’s hungry, or stressed.
There are turtles mentioned a couple of times here. I hope my choice of username isn’t offensive or triggery. 
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Psychotic depression, but:
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A chameleon because they blend in with their environment for survival
A DreamWolf, the creature from which I took my Screenname. Think a wolf the size of a pony, with wings, and eyes that reflect your soul…
They are kind, gentle creatures for the most part, they eat the nightmares that afflict children. However, they are very quick to anger and those on their bad side will witness something so terrible they will either forget what they saw, or lose their mind!
That sums up my SZ pretty well…usually its pretty mellow, the worst I get is a sort of nervousness that something bad could happen, but then my ‘good’ voices start in.
Sometimes though…my SZ gets mean…and I suffer horrible night terrors that I never remember…
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A dog because it was loyal to me and helped me out a lot but once I turned on it, it bit me. Still a sweet and loyal doggie though, just doesn’t trust me as much now
A sloth because my sz gets lazy!!! I take my meds and my sz goes to bed! My anxiety though is like a road runner. Really fivkjng fast and the klonopin coyote can’t catch it
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I imagine a black cat has the same stigma as a schizophrenic. so I choose the black cat.
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That’s not nice I am the average joe. Lol
Probably a tapeworm, because I didn’t know it was there despite warning signs, and it has kept me thin no matter what I eat (or maybe smoking did that), and because it sometimes sucks the life out from inside of me. Though I wouldn’t have thought of it that way a week ago. I probably would’ve said it was a mythical beast of some sort.