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UPDATE, FEBRUARY 27, 2011Okay, out of all the people who have faved this stamp, I have had one person say how disrespectful it is to make fun of a disability.
FIRST OFF - It was never my attention to disrespect ANYONE with any disability when I made this stamp with a quote by SOMEONE ELSE!!! I just happen to know that MOST writers do end up becoming the characters they write, hence the schizophrenia part. (And yes, I've been there. I don't feel I need to explain my personal life with people if I don't feel you deserve it). If you don't like, complain the original person who helped me make this stamp....E.L. Doctorow, an author and writer himself.
For more of his trivial and disrespectful quotes, please visit [link]
One of my favorite quotes of all time made into a stamp.
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Totally agree with this. (Hence my username) Actually writing has caused me to NOT stay up without sleep for 7 days. So sometimes I can't help but think that I have no idea what I'm saying. *twitches* Apparently I have insomnia so yeah and sometimes I do become what I write. Just ignore them internet trolls. Love the stamp btw totally sticking on my id.
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I've actually thought this myself since supposedly hearing voices in your head is a symptom but people usually don't complain when writers say they hear their book characters and chock it up to creative whimsy. Another way to look at it is that OCs are a writer's imaginary friends. 
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I can't believe someone said something so stupid to you! >:U
It's an amazing stamp, and as a writer I agree completely.
Keep up the brilliant work!
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Welcome to the internet. And thank you for the support.
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No worries, bro~ Keep the awesome work coming~
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Oh, please, those people are just bigots.
I personally have schizophrenia and am about to put this stamp on my bio because I agree with it so much! xD
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Eh? Some people need to calm their tits for lack of a better phrase. I have schizophrenia and I don't find this offensive at all. In fact I'm going to stick it on my page. Thank you for creating such a lovely stamp~ :3
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Thank you and you're welcome.
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lmfao. I think this is hilarious and I am a writer... people should relax a bit. XD
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THANK YOU! 
Too many uptight people on the internet!
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YOUR WELCOME.<3
Yush uptight people.
See, now you just got virtually raped and..
I do not think you are going to freak on it.
Also I was thinking --
By the logic of this stamp.
I AM A PROUD SCHIZOPHRENIC.Β
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NOpe. I think it's hilarious! And I am very proud of it as well.
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You know something, I never really thought of writing that way before. And I found myself agreeing with the stamp ^^
A lot of our own characters have our traits, whether they're good or bad. And you know when you're feeling any particular emotion? Sometimes you think to yourself that maybe you can use that for one of your characters.
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I think almost all of my characters have some of my trait in them, even the men.
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Being a writer is the only time you can have voices in your head and not be considered crazy~
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Goodness, couldn't people just lighten up? I have schizophrenia, and I find this kind of funny! And very true in a way! I'm not offended at all by this! I really do like this stamp! x)
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Well, thank you. And I am glad you like it.
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You're welcome!
Just ignore them! They take things too seriously anyway!
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I know its just internet trolls, but it did upset me still. I don't know about you, but I've always become whatever character I am writing.
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It is upsetting. But try to just brush it off and not pay attention! And same with me! It's actually quite fun!
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lol! such a win! i guess i can onyl call it a win because ive been through it ya know? i really actually appreciate this. ive got schiz. and i make fun of myself, so i lol'ed when i saw this.
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I can't tell if you're joking are not because a lot of people have criticized the shit out of me for something that isn't even my actual quote.
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im not joking, i honestly like this stamp
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Well, thank you. I've gotten so many positive and LOLs on this and then the few who've just turned this into something serious and not the funny thing it's supposed to be, have just made me start blocking and hiding their comments. And I hate to do that to people. I believe freedom of speech is important, but my God, lighten up. Especially if someone is schizo or even borderline schizo can laugh at it...
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yuhp, i sure can! i think that people take things waaaay too seriously, and need to learn to laugh and life, love, and themselves.
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I've seen more insulting things on TV, that outright make fun of serious things (ex: peanut allergies, sometimes they do black comedy that shows that it is a serious thing, but a lot of the time I see stuff that isn't even trying to show that peanut allergies are a serious thing and that they can kill you) and expect people to laugh. (which I know has a bad effect on kids...trying to trick a kid with peanut allergies to eat peanut butter, etc.)
I think this is funny and kind of true. 
I'd only ever get mad if something is really horrible, but internet fury wouldn't do anything anyway.
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I suffer from schizophrenia, and I'm sick of the unrealistic way it's portrayed. I'm not angry, getting angry won't solve a thing, just tired of people's ignorance.
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Schizophrenia is one of those things which is rare enough that most people aren't going to meet someone who has it, but interesting enough in what it is that everyone will hear about it. Things get garbled as it goes on, so eventually all people have is the stereotype.
The stamp itself isn't portraying Schizophrenia, but the artist comments do kind of show that they (sorry wyldflower 
Still, it wasn't intended to harm anyone or spread ignorance, and unless it actually meant harm, then no problem.
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Because most writers become their characters when they write.
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But having several personalities/becoming someone else isn't schizophrenia :/
I'm still confused.
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In a way, it kinda is.
Schizophrenia is having a split-personality. Since characters have very different personalities and one person created those characters, many writers do actually become those characters. I've heard from somewhere that the characters make the story. Well, they can make the story, but the one that writes it down is the author, right? So in order for the story to be made, the author becomes the characters in order to write the story.
That's why writers are often compared to having schizophrenia.
Sorry if I didn't make it any more clear. 
And I can vouch that I've acted like some of my characters before. XD;
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I was wondering, because schizophrenia actually has nothing to do with split personalities ^^'''
If it did, I would fully agree to your explaination. But it doesn't. Schizophrenia is hearing voices, being paranoid, lacking emotions, suffering from massive delusions and stuff like this :/
Having split personalities is called Dissociative Identity Disorder or Multiple Personality Disorder.
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Well, I do hear my characters' voices in my head. 
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I guess, that's a good thing XD @ only symptom
I once wrote a story in which one of my characters developed schizophrenia - it was anything but nice and he kept it forever, even though thx to his med and treatment he could lead a nearly normal life in the end.
I guess that's one of the reasons I grew a bit (= overly) sensitive to the misconception of schizophrenia being related to split personalities ^^'
But thinking of it like this, ideas for stories and associations with fics I've read or wrote myself are literally haunting me every day, even when I don't want them to, making me almost paranoid, so I guess there really is some reason to associate schizophrenia with writing
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Oh, or is it somehow related to split personalities (which is something entirely different, but often confused with schizophrenia)? o.o
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Thank you. It's not originally mine, but I love using to explain my sudden changes in personality
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Thank you for the
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