Malaysia confronts complexities of schizophrenia after school killing ruling
One woman details her experience of living with schizophrenia, saying ‘I had no idea what was real’ during severe psychotic episodes
When Cindi suffered her first severe psychotic episode a decade ago, she could no longer tell where reality ended and what her mind had created began.
“My reality and fantasy [were] all distorted. I had no idea what was real, what was not,” the 38-year-old, who asked to be identified only by her first name, told This Week in Asia.
“It was so severe to the point that I couldn’t even recognise my own family members. My mother was there, my brother was there, but they didn’t feel like my mother or my brother.”
