When I was in my twenties, there were two Schizophrenic Anonymous meetings in Connecticut. It was mid 1970’s, and I had the group in West Hartford. I went down to meet the contact person of the other meeting, which was in Old Greenwich.
I went to the home of this 55 year old schizophrenic, and he told me, “Some of the Schizzies are hard to deal with.”
I would never call myself a “schizzie,” but I agree with your conclusion. The nature of the illness makes being a mod challenging, but there does seem to me to be guidelines.
I’ve never met another scitzophrenic in person. But I’m delightfully to be around while I’m medicated. I don’t do drugs or drink booze,I’m a rare breed. There aren’t many like me around.