A firsthand account of a paranoid schizophrenic’s courageous battle for a better life.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – After she began experiencing hallucinations and other symptoms as an adolescent, Bonnie Twomey endured peer ridicule, family frustration, and ineffective medical intervention before she was finally diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. But putting a name to her demons was just the beginning of Bonnie’s journey.

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