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...See more I'm not sure if this is okay to post. If not, please take it down. I often feel like my life circumstances damn me to a life not worth living. I've had schizophrenia since I was 8 and only got treatment for it when I started hearing voices at 16, which I worry having gone untreated for so long makes my prospects worse. I was "homeschooled" by my mother and she didn't teach me anything, so as a 20 year old adult I have no education beyond the most basic knowledge that I've acquired by myself, and I have severe ADD, so learning what I need to now as an adult is extremely difficult. I'm not exactly low functioning, but my illness causes enough problems that I don't know if I'll ever be able to work a normal job and support myself independant of welfare. I feel like I have so much ridiculous circumstances piled against me and I don't believe I'll ever be happy enough to feel like my life is worth living. I often feel suicidal because of it and have no hope for my future. Schizophrenia doesn't run in my family so I have no examples of a schizophrenic person's life in my life and I don't know of any schizophrenic people that led good lives that are famous. For those of you reading who have schizophrenia, what are your lives like? Are you happy? What are some of the good and bad things you have to deal with? I need some examples of people with my illness leading normal lives. Thank you in advance.

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