How Paranoid Schizophrenia Impacts My Life

Allie Burke first started seeing shadows when she was three years old but it wasn’t until she was in her mid-twenties that she was formally diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. When it comes to mental illness, the day to day realities, challenges, and symptoms of living with these conditions are as varied people who have them. VICE is spending time with people who live with mental illness everyday to get a first hand perspective of what their lives look like and how they live with mental illness. Click here to subscribe to VICE: 0:00 Allie’s Hallucinations 1:18 Day to Day Realities 3:45 Growing Up with Paranoid Schizophrenia 5:45 Using the Internet to Connect with Others 6:23 Medication 7:37 Connecting With Others About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime