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𝑨 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚—𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌.
𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰, is 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆. Too often, the word "𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢" is surrounded with sensationalized beliefs, misconceptions, or fear. But the truth is simpler and far more human: 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙯𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳. Behind every statistic is a person with dreams, a unique sense of humor, and a deep desire to be seen for who they truly are—not just their diagnosis. 🎗💜
𝑩𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. Living with schizophrenia is a journey that requires immense courage, which is frequently unseen to the outer world. Caring for someone with schizophrenia can be isolating, but no one should have to go through it alone. 𝘈 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻, 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻. 🫂💫
This year's theme is "𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀." We are called to look beyond stigma and see the person behind the diagnosis. 𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙢𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙮. 💭📢
𝗧𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀—𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 🧠🕊️
🖼️: Osias Dabocol III | Multimedia Committee
✍️: April Joy Sumalinog | Research and Finance Committee