My sister

Hi there,

I have been remembering my sister who died 23 years ago by suicide. She was 28 years old. She received a Schizophrenia diagnosis a couple of years earlier after a number of difficult years. I have been reading some of the posts by carers and can relate to the fatigue and burn out from her difficulties which followed lots of problems my parents had in their marriage. I remember I was very resistant to her getting the schizophrenia diagnosis. I was so angry with my parents who I felt had not cared for her well being enough. I was still in my 20's trying to build my life. I didn't know enough about schizophrenia but I think my burnout was too great. I would like to know more about how schizophrenia is thought about now in terms of prognosis as to when my sister was alive. Her personality changed completely from being a bubbly, energetic person, to a quiet, depressed person. I feel I lost her before she suicided. I feel like I would like to do something in her honour, for all the struggles she went through.