Five stars because these type of videos are always interesting to me.
I see this guy took a turn at cutting. I know a couple cutters, and I have developed this idea that what prompts cutting are A) a life that feels completely out of control, B) a need to exert dominance over some small thing (even if it's by inflicting pain on one's self), and C) the pain becomes a point of focus and distracts from all the out-of-controlledness.
Some religiously derived cutters also use it as a guilt/penance routine, at least the ones I've known. It's frustrating to know someone like that, so this video made me feel good for everyone.
Thanks for posting this, I'm affected by mental illness as well and could really relate to a lot of what he said. I wish I had seen this in my darkest days.
It's cliche to say but he really is brave to come forward like that and share what must be very painful experience in order to help other people who suffer from schizophrenia.