As someone with a close family member who is schizophrenic and has spent a lot of his life refusing treatment, I think it is inadvisable in the extreme to delib

As someone with a close family member who is schizophrenic and has spent a lot of his life refusing treatment, I think it is inadvisable in the extreme to deliberately avoid recognizing the condition, to minimize or trivalize it, and deliberately avoid seeking help for it. The kind of voices the poster describes do not seem to match the kind of stray thoughts that most people have. As an adult, unless you pose an acute danger to yourself or others (which this fellow gives no indication of being), nobody can force you into treatment or medication that you do not want to take. The least he should do is learn about the condition, find out from a professional whether or not it actually applies to him at all, and his options if it does. While psychiatry certainly does have its shortcomings, I have not seen a lot of good come from the Scientology anti-psychiatry approach, or trying to deal with problems of this magnitude (potential schizophrenia) on a pure self-help basis.