I completely agree and I don't think it's pedantic. Such misconceptions and the projection of them are a massive reason why mental illnesses are still stigmati

I completely agree and I don't think it's pedantic. Such misconceptions and the projection of them are a massive reason why mental illnesses are still stigmatised in modern society. It only stifles recovery of schizophrenic patients and definitely doesn't help. For example, it'd be totally ridiculous for someone to point at my left arm and say that it's broken when the plaster cast is on my right arm. This is almost the same as when someone points at someone else and says they have X mental illness when their symptoms are actually more like Y mental illness. This isn't just a problem with schizophrenia, though I'm sure it's the most common misconception. I've seen big misconceptions when people reference Bipolar and depression.