Schizophrenic Prayer

"So afraid of rejection Hide inside ourselves Acting like strangers to avoid the pain We collect our phobias Our sicknesses Feel so good only when we can complain" Schizophrenia affects about 1% of the population; the idea that the genes that predispose to schizophrenia also predispose to creativity — and thus confer an adaptive or evolutionary advantage — may help to explain why such a debilitating illness remains so common.