I had an uncle with schizophrenia (and a father with much less severe symptoms). You are right that you wouldn't want to take medication for it. To the schizoph

I had an uncle with schizophrenia (and a father with much less severe symptoms). You are right that you wouldn't want to take medication for it. To the schizophrenic mind, the benefits of schizophrenia far outweigh the costs -- and besides, you can't really trust anybody else to be either competent enough to medicate you, or to have your best interests in mind when medicating.