Do you believe that only ~20 percent of us work? Some portals says that even less
How much of us (do you believe) are actually highly functioning ?
I have this idea that in such forums like this one - all of us are highly functioning because we accept our illness and look for connections, want to learn more about SZ/SZA and etc 
I believe all of us are “high functioning” in the schizophrenia realm. Doesn’t mean all of us function well tho. I’ve never had a job myself…and i think the 20% is prob right. 20% actually seems high to me and surprses me.
Ok I searched in more detailed information on how many people with SZ work, and it is said that 10-25%… i believe it depends on the country
I was gonna say i felt like 10 percent maybe. But im sure it really depends on if ur country has disability benefits and food assistance. In countries with no social services, prob more people with sz work because its work or starve.
I guess you’re right
One sad statistic says that up to 90% of people with schizophrenia want to work but cannot 
Idk this is so sad
Yeah i’d like to work at a gas station but its very hard for me to talk to people.
Very hard because of symptoms or anxiety? If I may ask
I was practicing in summer internship last year, but they said I learn too slowly…
Also was writing some texts for one man (not in EN), and that was not so bad. But the problem was that I didn’t wanted to work for him, because he was actually a strange person. He was giving too much tasks, then disappearing from time to time and etc.
So i have some practice, but I don’t know if I could work in normal full time job.
I think it’s symptoms. Its like theres no words in my head sometimes. But also idk how to respond to people. And that makes me anxious and not wanna talk.
My dad had sz and worked as a mechanic, this was back in the 80s-90s. He also battled addiction, but sadly lost his battle in 1995. But now that im an adult and have sz and am in recovery myself, i am so proud of him for working through all of that. I personally havent been able to work since first experiencing symptoms 12 years ago. I was a relationship banker prior to that and was on my way to bank manager, but i battled addiction and it kinda exploded. I tried working less stressful jobs, but i kept getting hospitalized for psychosis. So ive been on disability for the last 9 or 10 years.
I don’t really fit into the normal schiz box so most statistics don’t apply to me. I live outside of the box, you could say. I’m happy though. I’d rather be outside the norm but successful and happy.
Very wise words
Actually the most important thing is to be happy
Well if the disorder is not totally screwing you over to the point where you can still work it’s probably not the wisest thing to tell the rest of the World that you are sick.
I was told the stats when I first got ill and also told that – because of the severity of my symptoms – I was obviously in the cohort that would never achieve significant recovery. I was also told to stop pushing myself and stressing myself over the impossible.
Oops.
Here’s what you need to know about SZ statistics: Every type of statistic has some sort of outlier. YOU can be that outlier, so @#$%ing go for it.
I was off of APs for most of my younger years and managed to work while delusional.
Later on after my divorce I suffered a psychotic break and was placed back on APs
I continued working until I could no longer work any more
I’m now on disability
Wish i could get on disability. Here in australia my mental health team think im too high functioning and too young to go on it. Ive started and had to leave around 15 jobs in the last decade trying to maintain work. But its very hard and stressful.
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