Would you be okay with a schizophrenic roommate?

Depends if they're taking medication for it.

I don't share my room with anybody other than my girl friend and don't want to and could careless what others do. I finished college a decade ago. Our college had a special feature of letting students chose between single rooms and shared rooms, and I chose the single room, despite my friends pleading me to stay with them. We hung out and had good times chatting, playing football, and all the normal stuffs friends do. But I was always disgusted by the thought of sharing my room with another man. Assuming I wasn't given that choice, better schizophrenic than some twisted faggy idiot. I rather get killed than molested by a filthy gay man, that is my feeling, no one can change that, call me a homophobe, I am proud to be one...

I'd be mad if I was in college cos I finished that already. But as for the room mate part it would depend on how severe it was and if they were being treated and probly about lots of other things.

I am tired of schizophrenics. I am tired of how they think. I am tired of their social patterns. I am tired of their mindset. I am tired of word salad. Just go take your medications and stay away from me so we can co-exist. Be assured that my intentions don't include you.

I prefer not to have roommates. When I was in college I would always put in for a dorm by myself, I didn't always get it, but I always tried to get a single occupancy. I did eventually get kicked out of the dorms whereupon I moved into a small apartment off campus.

This question kinda gave me the feels : (

Is this hypothetical or are you really headed to college whilst dealing with schizophrenia? If you are, that's kind of an awful situation, and I really feel bad for you.

There are a lot of pervasive misconceptions about your disorder. It's been misrepresented a fuck of a lot in TV and movies, and most people mistakenly associate schizophrenia with violence.

It's a manageable disorder. It's good that you've been diagnosed. With therapy and the necessary medication you're probably fully functional.

Unfortunately, most people don't understand your disorder. If you are going to college, meeting a new roommate, making friends, seeking a job, dating, you're best course of action is to educate people. People get scared of things that they don't understand. Speak to them. Tell them about your disorder. Show them that you're a fully functional human being who happens to suffer from a disorder with a stigma attached to it.

After knowing you, maybe they won't be so quick to judge those who suffer from mental disorders.

I hope everything works out for you.

No. Living in the pathetic bug-infested cell that is a college dorm room is bad enough without having to lay awake all night with the threat of being torn apart by a lunatic.

The schizos I've met tend to be funny as hell so yes.

I'd rather have a schizophrenic roommate. People with mental illness are usually more tolerant of my own weirdness.