Reaching out !!!!
Imagine, for 2 years living in your own world and not being in touch with reality. Making connections that are not really there. For you your behavior is justified. For others it might seem normal with just some increased irritability and anger issues as some changes. They might justify it in their own way for you. So no-one really knows what is happening, when in fact a disorder called schizophrenia is the backstage performer. Extremely hard to imagine!!! But its a true story for Maqsood (name changed) 21 years young guy from a small village in Partur taluka of Maharashtra. He was living like this in his own world for 2 years. It made him irritable and gave him anger issues. People around him thought he was just off with slightly different behavior from others. No one knows that a disorder like schizophrenia or psychosis or any mental health disorder exists in actuality. Its not everyday that an ASHA worker attends a workshop on general mental health where she actually understand...