Elyn Sacs, Brian Wilson, and John Nash are wealthy…. I don’t know how wealthy they are, I haven’t looked it up. Elyn sacs and John Nash got wealthy for just being an advocate for sz. I never would have predicted that people with sz, can be very wealthy.
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I’ve never heard of Brian Wilson.
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He is a band member of the beach boys.
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It says he got brain damage from drug use
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Right now I’m not really focusing on wealthy people with SZ
I’m focusing on healthy people with schizophrenia
What good Is wealth without health
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That is absolutely on point.
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Schizophrenia needs advocacy.
It needs people who are rich and respected to help people with schizophrenia get treated with respect and kindness and not like worthless losers.
In Australia it’s like popular to be autistic and the government are spending billions of dollars helping autistic people which is great they are getting help although apparently there are a lot of scammers pretending to be autistic.
Apparently one millionaire who works full time was getting ndis pay for all his transportation and food and cleaning and everything.
People with autism are more valued and people with schizophrenia are more hated and people see down on them as worthless.
I think I have ptsd and drug induced psychosis back then but although I have had symptoms i think it’s mostly to trauma and what they did to me.
Beach boys member a schizo ?
Wow !
And a pink Floyd member too I think.
I’m sick of the disrespect and people walking all over me and treating me bad for no reason.
Amazing!
There’s some beautiful people in the world.
There’s some beautiful admirable schizos in the world too.
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The minute someone like Taylor Swift or Timothy Chalamet (sp?) gets this disease, work will begin to try and stop it in earnest. I truly believe that. Nobody cares about it if none of their favorite demigods are sick with it.
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People think it’s funny on TV. They still find us annoying in person.
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I’m a trillonaire 15 character
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I recall people praising the guy who played The Black Panther, as a real-life hero, because he worked at his acting while suffering from cancer. It doesn’t bother me that he worked while feeling unwell. This is a personal choice.
What bothers me is that this type of thing, if people aren’t aware of it, causes society to set the bar very high for everyone who is struggling with cancer. It just breeds more ableism. It should be okay if he chose not to work. Why does the media not praise people for taking care of their health by not working when they have a major health issue? I rarely see that done.
During my time on Twitter, I once saw people sending around a video of a guy missing a leg (he looked like he was in a 3rd world country, with torn clothes, as did the rest of the work crew). He had crutches, and propped his stump leg on one crutch as he removed dirt with a shovel, from a pile of dirt. Healthy people on Twitter just loved this, and started saying things like “No, excuses not to be working you lazy f#$%rs!”
I really hate people who shove “inspiration-porn” down sick people’s throats like this.
When the bar is set so high, what’s the value of a person, suffering from schizophrenia, who can’t work? Are we all losers if we can’t work? Are we unhealthy losers if our APs cause us to eat into obesity and get diabetes? What determines a SZ person’s value? Are we only valuable if we can work at the same level as normies? Are we only heroes if we can do our jobs better than even a non-SZ person can do the job?
Why can’t we be valuable just the way we are?
Just some thoughts to throw out there…
Sorry for another wall of text. Yes, I’m mad right now. 
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If we would praise by default it would not be praise anymore.
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I bet these people would be in support with removing sick days from work.
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I think people are more likely to feel better about themselves if they felt like they were valuable just by existing. Our super competitive culture tells us we constantly need to be “above average” to feel good about ourselves. However, there’s always someone more successful, and richer, or more attractive. People’s sense of self-worth bounces around like a tennis ball based on what we fail at and what we succeed at… I just think there has to be a better way to feel good.
And yes, I bleeping resent society for this problem. I HATE it. 
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My employer added sick and personal days last year. I hadn’t used all of mine and my manager told me I should take a couple of mental health days as those count for being sick.
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Comparison to others can be a real ■■■■■, I agree, best to compare yourself to yourself I think.
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well, it happens, but this is more likely an exception to the rule than the rule
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Yeah lets not forget those who suffered because their families were rich and public.
Kennedy’s had a daughter with sz and got lobotomised. Became a vegetable from what was reported and before was a person. It’s cruel and that is what they did back then…or put you in an institution for life.
If someone is suicidal then to just exist is of a great value. I would rather they except just existing. But just existing is still unbearable apparently. To just exist is not a choice for me or I would just exist. I just wanted to exist for like 3 months straight. With this same reason sometimes I wish I never existed at all. It is complications of depression and negatives and addiction for me. I wish I never came into existence. Every chance I get I will try to enjoy just existing. I cherish the moments where that is all I have to do. Sometimes people run into problems where just existing is pointless due to illness. May all be helped with existing in all ways and forms. Those poeple who dont want to exist are in the most need of help. I have experienced just wanting to exist and not wanting to exist and being so grateful that I exist. May all that don’t want to exist be helped to ease existing and be helped.
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From Bing chat
Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, is often hailed as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century1. His novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and mastery of recording techniques have earned him a reputation as a musical genius1. By the mid-1960s, he had written or co-written more than two dozen U.S. Top 40 hits1
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