Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26479942-20150609134554/@comment-26487831-20150611215416

Yeah, I agree with Pastaguy. While it's a cute little poem (taking a conventional poetic trope but kind of grinding it through the lens of someone with a mental disorder), it is flawed by a misunderstanding of Schizophrenia which, contrary to popular belief, isn't really definied by multiple personalities or anything. The "roses are blue" thing might make sense, since Schizophrenia is largely characterized by confusion and doubt about objective reality. Honestly, the reality of Schizophrenia is far more terrifying than how pop culture and "common knowledge" portrays it, and it would certainly be useful to do some research on the topic to get a real sense of what the illness suggests about human consciousness and how fragile all of our grasps on the "objective" world actually are.

But I would like to emphasize: Schizophrenia is NOT a multiple personality disorder. It'd be nice if more writers would do research on the subject, because there is a lot of material that could be grasped for inspiration. And, you know, it'd probably make actual schizophrenics feel a bit more understood. :D

But other than the misunderstanding, the poem is witty. Too short, maybe not that scary, but the concept could definitely be expanded upon.