Like many reviewers have mentioned this is a very informative podcast. What keeps me listening is how fun and engaging it is. The hosts and their guests have great chemistry and I genuinely enjoy spending time listening to them talk with each other.

I listened to my first episode from this podcast today…wow! Real, relatable, humor, hope, and encouragement!! I have a son who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder depressive type last year. We are still finding our way through this, sometimes feeling in the dark. The latest episode just illuminated the path of this journey we are on…thank you ❤️

I’m a parent, and this podcast has given me education and insight. The hosts do great research, find guests with real experience, and are willing to question themselves as they move through the podcast, helping me more by asking questions I didn’t know enough to ask. Thank you so much!

I’ve never felt so seen & understood before I found this podcast. the relief I’ve felt listening about the different stories and experiences make this entire thing so much easier for me & I feel much less alone than when I got diagnosed years ago.

I listened to a single episode (Helping Caregivers Navigate Schizophrenia) and it was a beam of hope fired directly into my heart. They reminded me that this illness isn’t just misery and fear and scary pop culture references. It’s life. Its growth. It’s a teacher. It reveals your hidden bravery and your limitless capacity to love and be loved. (Also quick question: can we give 6 stars instead? Is that a thing?) Seriously though—Rachel, Gabe, and the incredible dad brave enough to share your unique story—you’re all doing invaluable work, and you really helped me. Thank you.

Finding this podcast has been so amazing. My spouse has a schizophrenia diagnosis and while they are older and decades past onset there is always so much to learn. And your success as an advocate, expert and hero is medicine in the best way. Representation matters so much!

throughout history white people have re written everything to make black people look like the worst and most dangerous all while the predominant population of serial killers and school shooters are WHITE MEN!! thank you for exposing the lies.

I cannot tell you how helpful that this podcast has been for me. My son was recently diagnosed after 2 years. I’m trying to learn how to support him and get him the help he needs. This podcast has given me hope for his future. Thank you and keep up the amazing work you’re doing.

Great podcast, thanks for being an advocate and educator in the mental health community! I work at an in-patient psych unit and learning more about our patients helps so much with understanding what they’re going through! Keep doing what you’re doing(:

With the loved experience of the host, and the honest life experiences of the guests, this is a critical description of life with a stigmatized mental health condition. As a social worker within this population, having inside insight of lived experiences informs my patience and practice. People have loved ones who struggle. There is struggle, and practical paths forward, for everyone involved.

I have a close family member with Schizophrenia. I listen to every Podcast of Inside Schizophrenia. My sincere thanks to Rachel Star Withers and Gabe Howard. Their education and interviews have given me new understanding, practical tips, and a feeling that I am not alone as I support my loved one.

I have someone close in my life with this disorder and seeing a different perspective that has an open mind that does not portray these people as monsters or like the movie split or other similarities, an open minded podcast that doesnt discriminate people with these symptoms as someone thats wrong in life is comforting we should care about people even if they have a mental disoder i love this podcast and cant wait to listen to more

My son has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia & I’ve been feeling lost & hopeless. Your podcast has given me much needed information & more importantly, hope! (Now if I can just get him to listen!) There is something to be said about hearing someone’s first hand experiences. Much better than all of the depressing articles I’ve read online.

Thank you for taking the time to creat this podcast! This podcast has helped me so much, it has helped me to understand what I am going through. ❤️❤️❤️

With both a brother and a friend who suffered from schizophrenia before they died, hearing Rachel speak so openly about her life… I am both saddened to know they can no longer benefit from these podcasts and grateful that others can benefit. Kudos to both Rachel and Gabe for speaking of their disorders. Your honesty and info about treatments does a great service.

I have just found this podcast and have been binge listening to it. Wonderful hosts, terrific guests with lively discussion and wishing there were more! Thanks

lately this app has opened my mind about schizophrenia & teaches me a lot of different things i never knew.

I love it , Listening to them has thought me a lot. I have a 22 year old brother that came to me last year really out the blue and told me he wanted to talk. He told me he felt like I was loosing his monologue, he didn’t feel like he was here with me , and he couldn’t see tomorrow or a future. I told my mom and we was there for him. But a week or two later he was hearing their neighbor voices and felt like it was a recording. He wanted help on his own , he committed his self in a hospital to because he said he was confused an felt that was best for him. We thought he would be ok , he was on medication , he was interacting with us more but then it just stop. He didn’t like how it made him feel , he stopped going to the doctor & he really just gotten worst over this pass year. It’s hard to deal with because I’m the oldest and it’s always been only us and my mom. She’s a very strong women who takes care of him and my cerebral palsy 15 year old cousin daily. But some days she calls overwhelmed, tired , broken because he’s having episodes. In my town we don’t have the support , psychiatrist , and therapy as we should. & he has gotten no honest help ! Listen to them gave me motivation , hope, and faith for my little brother ❤️ Gave me the knowledge to research resources in other cities for the help that he needs. Thank You 🙏🏾

This podcast has taught me so much. I really appreciate the real talk and information. Keep it up!!

My son has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I am in the mental health profession myself however it’s a different experience when its family. My range of emotions over the past two months have been like a rollercoaster and all I want to do is to continue to love and support him. Your podcast means everything to me. It was so helpful and I am so grateful that I found it!

I sorta stumbled upon this podcast but it’s perfect!! It’s something I have been looking for. Real people who are living their lives with a mental illness and the hosts are open and genuine. Gives us all hope

This podcast is excellent - always an engaging topic, thoughtfully researched and blended with plenty of lived experience. Thank you for sharing this information with depth, honesty and even occasional humor.

Just listened to the homelessness episode (3/17/21). Why don’t you identify that the medication used to treat treatment resistant schizophrenia is clozapine? It seems like the episode went out of its way NOT to name it. Why? It is life-changing for many people and severely under-utilized.

Interesting. But I feel that this is viewed from a point of a schizophrenic taking medications. And most do not.

Thank you for sharing your story and what it is like to be an individual who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia. I work in probation and parole and my caseload specifies in working with individuals with serious mental illness and/or intellectual disabilities. I found quickly that the majority of clients I was serving had a schizophrenia diagnosis, and I needed to understand better how to work with my clients. I found your podcast and have shared it with my entire unit and supervisors. Your podcast provided the gateway to understanding that I had been searching for! I could have read a million books written by psychiatrists or psychologists and still not have gained the kind of understanding I was able to gain simply by listening to your story. Thank you for sharing your story!

I’m a mom of a 20yo son with schzphrnia diagnosed 2 yrs ago. It’s been an exhausting journey, and very much alone. We can’t find him providers that will take him on, I don’t know anyone else in my position, he’s lonely and can’t make or keep friends and it feels absolutely hopeless. He gets violent and delusional, and I’m trying to take care of him by myself. This podcast is SUPER helpful, I’m so glad I found it! I need a support group badly- until then, listening to this podcast is a good back up support. Very intelligent, down to earth, and impressive that the host has the same diagnosis and is still living a normal life. I need even a sliver of hope, and this show provides it for sure. 🙌💥

My daughter (16)is in the process of being diagnosed. Because you live with SZ and bravely talk about it, I feel informed and hopeful and like I can breathe. Thank you!

Truly never thought part of our parenting journey would be dealing with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, but I’m putting on my big girl panties and we will do anything we can to help our son. Sometimes I don’t want to listen just because it’s hard to continually meet this head-on, but I’m always so thankful for Rachel and Gabe being so transparent and making all of this less scary. Looking forward to learning more so I can help more. I want to suggest a show where they might just list all sorts of random sources for educating oneself: books, groups, YouTube videos, others with schizophrenia, etc. Thank you, Rachel and Gabe!

My daughter is 17 and has Schizophrenia. I’ve been searching and truly just aching to find information exactly like what you’re sharing! I love how informative this is, as well as all the personal stories! It’s just what the doctor ordered for this mama. 😉

Thank you for doing this podcast. It is very informative!

I appreciate tips on how to promote positive behavior in patients with a schizophrenia with a lot of negative symptoms. Would love more info of supportive communities are there around schizophrenia when the psychiatrist are not hands on and just medically manage and there are limited good therapist that take Medicaid

I am forever grateful that I’ve found this podcast, and I can’t imagine the amount of bravery it takes for people with schizophrenia (such as yourself) to not only open up, but to also educate the public. So I wanted to give you a big ‘thank you’ ❤️

Sharing this podcast with my friends and family has answered so many of their questions, saving me time and in some cases embarrassment or lack of an answer.

It finally feels good to hear positive info about what i go through daily, and know that it’s coming from a reliable source(i.e., someone who basically goes through what i go through). I started listening to the psych central podcast, which led me to this, and to Rachel’s youtube channel, and the psych show channel, which i added to my sub list on YouTube. I look forward to continue listening to this podcast, and shouting it out in my support meetings whenever i meet someone who is schizophrenic. Congrats on this step Rachel, and i look forward to more of your insight in the future.

I’m on ep 3 and I am enjoying it so far. I have worked in the mental health field for close to 20 years, mostly with people who are DD. I recently took a position working with people with MI and wanted to learn more about schizophrenia specifically because I have an individual w/it that is asking me for Info because he was not taught about his dx. But I do wonder if because you have schizophrenia you are more sensitive to it being in the movies. I can’t think of one movie (and I love horror movies) that has portrayed a killer or violent person as being schizophrenic. They may have, but that’s not what I took from the movie. I watched bird box and was racking my brain when you said they referenced schizophrenia. And then when you gave more info I remembered. But that is not what I took from the movie. Just a thought..... Thanks for being so open and candid!!!!

Well thought out information

As a mom of a 14-year-old who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder depressive type two years ago, I'm always looking for ways to help me understand what she's going through. After hearing interviews with Rachel, I was really excited to learn about this podcast. Hope it lasts a long time!

I like this program The Most of the SZ podcasts I’ve heard and hope they have a long run. As a survivor myself, I found the show explained the facts well and dispelled the myths even better. I recommend people who have a curiosity, or need, to know more about SZ listen in!

Great hosts, honest talk, fascinating discussions, educational and entertaining.