I was raised a christian…i went the other way embracing all religions…not saying i believe them all but i found things i liked in them…and now im a pagan…mostly viking but also took alot from budhist and druids… To christians delusions and voices are labeled demons…its either heaven or hell no middle ground…this is a terrible mindset for a sz…but pagans Buddhists ect their is a middle ground…it allows my mind to no longer instantly label my sz as demonic…so power of the mind my delusions and voices have mellowed out mostly and i dont feel like hell spawn.
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Skepticism is a symptom and manifestation of our desire for certainty.
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Mantra from the Heart Sutra—
gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha
gone, gone, all the way gone, gone to the other shore. 
Yes, I follow science news and look at life from a scientific perspective: has it been empirically studied? Is it a known fact or a popular belief?
These held me stable during the years. It helped with such things as religious delusions, delusions of grandeur, delusions of alien abduction/telepathy/etc…, superstition, and just erroneous logic in general.
I have found that questioning my own logic as a practiced habit has made me more comfortable within society and within my own mind. When I think someone read my mind, I ask, “what made you say that?” I ask follow up questions to debunk my delusion of thought projection. Often, it turns out to be a coincidence or something in the environment influenced our thoughts to be similar.
Anything involving the extent of surveillance within the global intelligence agency is totally immune from the skeptical, logic-based mentality I’ve tried to develop. I spent a decade thinking domestic emails were routinely intercepted, regardless of the sender’s innocence, and just recently operation prism was revealed by edward snowden. Turned out, I was right. Now, nothing about surveillance or technology would surprise me. That’s the only thing that’s immune from my “shield of skepticism.”
Glad it’s helping you!! I also think critical thinking skills can be built up and logic can be learned, both of which would be like some kind of logic therapy or something…so yes, I agree with you that these skills can improve the life of sz’s.
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