Paper Souls

My paranoid (schizophrenic) life

Allie Burke

Schizophrenia: Living in Fear

You’re doing the best you can, and that’s what matters.

Please Stop Using Schizo as an Insult

We are not an insult.

I Heard You're Schizophrenic

We have to keep having the uncomfortable conversations with people.

I Tried Self-Care, and it Hurt so Bad

I’m terrible at taking care of myself.

How Stigma Made Me Cry in My Kitchen

But there I was, stuck in the throes of my own depression.

Seeing Her Ghosts

This project is important to me as someone with paranoid schizophrenia.

Paranoid Schizophrenia: The First Time I Quit

I had to take accountability for my actions.

Do You Think Your Soul Is Paper?

I had many answers to many questions.

On Anti-Psychotics: When Is It Enough?

Give no one the power to strip you of what you love.

Disability: Do You Check the Box?

Why can't I, as someone with a disability, make everyone believe in me?

How Do You Empathize?

I believe that it is misunderstood that people need to know that there is someone in this world that understands how they feel in order to feel better about themselves.

I Don't Hate You; I'm Schizophrenic

I am lucky that I have made a few friends who have paranoid schizophrenia.

Instagram is the Happiest Place in the (Internet) World

As long as you stay away from subjects that are likely to have people trolling as I do, and keep your feed limited to happy people, you will be pleasantly surprised.

I'm Worried About You

Don't be afraid to burden your friends, family, and loved ones.

Surviving Schizophrenia

No one has the right to claim that theirs is harder or more important because of mental illness or anything else.

Schizophrenia Stigma: The ER Terrified Me

Remind me never to have children in this world that we live in.

You Don't Look Schizophrenic

Don't want to be defined by your illness? Then don't be.

Please Don't Ask Me to Look Into Your Eyes

Why would we trust anyone enough, let alone respect them enough, to pay them the courtesy of eye contact when they are speaking to us?

No, It's Not Okay You Tried: Try Harder

There is a balance to be found, I think, in living for today, and getting way too comfortable.

Life is as Beautiful as You Make It

I think those of us who have struggled most - if not all - of our lives, appreciate the wolrd around us and see its beauty on a daily.

Our Feelings are Valid Because We Feel Them

The psychological and emotional abuse that this man left me with, whether or not he meant to do it (he was mentally ill, after all), is valid and real.

The Pharmacist Knows My Name

Even if the world never opens their mind enough to understand, even if all our advocacies come to a screeching halt the second our credibility is measured by the number of hospital visits under our belt, we'll always have each other

Hand me that Cape; I am Schizophrenia Girl

I mean, it’s more than that, right? I’m more than that?

The Meaning of Life

I would like to go to sleep, but I had to work today. So I have coffee.

Choosing the Bright Side of Life

If you are negative today and tomorrow is the same as yesterday, you are negative every day, and you will never break the cycle.

My Doctor Saved Me From Stigma

Stigma regarding the mentally ill is a real problem.

Schizophrenic Heart

She does not really wake up like anyone else who is not a morning person

I Took a Nap

When taking the medication, I never know if it's going to be like hey, no hallucinations, let's go to work now or hey, no hallucinations, go to sleep right now or die.

Looking Up

You don't get past schizophrenia.

When Your World is on Fire

All I can tell myself is "yeah, it is going to be okay."

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