"The Year I Healed My Schizophrenia" - the woman sponsored by keto companies does it again
ETA: the original title of her video was, according to other viewers, "The Year I Cured My Schizophrenia"
I hope it's okay for me to post about this and her here. How many advocates would it take, at this point, to undo the damage she's done, especially after her recent video that actively undermined Cobenfy? The title itself was enough to set my head on fire.
As someone in remission and on medication, I say this with my entire chest: remission. is. NOT. a. cure. My current combination of medication has restored my cognitive function after 29 years of symptoms. It's quiet in my head for the first time since childhood. I'm thankful for it every day. Am I cured? Absolutely not.
Lauren has outright called people like me "complacent". She says one thing and does another constantly. Is there anything wrong with trying alternative therapies or a ketogenic diet? Absolutely not.
My issue with her lies in the fact that she's touting this as a cure while selling keto products, claiming that she's living after Schizophrenia, and ignoring the concerns of the people she represents. She creates strawman arguments against us, undermines us, and silences the voices of people who suffer from these disorders for the grievous offense of disagreeing with her. False hope is one of the most cruel things a person can inflict on others, and that's exactly what she's doing. Quite literally selling false hope.