Lecture on schizofrenia

Vosta, Bzochi, me and Vosta's classmate Petra attended a "lecture" on schizofrenia.
It was organized by Baobab. There were only few people - apart from six "protagonists" (i.e. two organizers and four "patients") some eight persons.
In the beginning, there was a bit of theory, then there were four people who'd suffered from the disease, telling their stories.
Then we played a game of "voices". There were two people chatting and one more played "the voice" of one of them. It was by no means realistic, but still, interesting.
The life stories of those four were interesting. On one hand it's nice to see even something like this can be sometimes (it was claimed most of times) cured, on the other hand of those four only one girl seemed really OK - though how many "normal" people are absolutely psychically sane? Then there's the part that in 80% of patients, the disease returns (in 20% it gradually worsens every time) - but if one is aware of the possibility, medication can be applied readily. Also the medication used is really destructive to one's mind.
It also made me think about something I'd already thought before, but the tale of the "OK girl" reminded me of the thought. How can one say they aren't mad (now I naively assume the world is real, one's self is really self, etc...). If one is becoming "mad", the only possibility to find out may be a rapid change in some kind of perception - and then you have to realize it may be something...not good. And once you are in it, there's no way back, except for medication or when the disease passes away itself.