what i learned through speaking with diagnosed "schizophrenics" and people who have done psychedelics or have gone through life altering trips as well as hearing about native lore and cultural practices in turtle island (North America) and africa:

DMT is a molecule that is well talked about in joe rogans podcasts. DMT is a naturally occurring molecule in the body. we regularly produce it. you are producing it right now. the reason why you are not "tripping" or having visions, is because of the DMT blockers that are resisting it. you can almost look at it like the filter for "reality" and the "consciousness". i dont know if its proven but i speculate that people who are diagnosed "schizophrenic" are just missing this blocker and have full access to DMT. DMT is what creates our dreams. our bodies are very sensitive to energy. we access it in all planes unconsciously and consciously. we CHOOSE which ones to focus on. if negative energy is present, it will result in negative visions, scary visions. its confusing if you are just receiving these in your every day life and not understanding why that happens. what is happening is real but reality is not something that can be explained by tangible means (which is kind of oxymoronic but i will explain)..just because you can see, touch, hear, taste, things doesn't mean that it is real. right now there is technology available that can stimulate and also take away these senses. visions are messages. they always contain a message. they are real but cannot hurt you physically. it doesn't have to be profound but there are lessons to be learned nonetheless. "schizophrenics" were known traditionally as guides, oracles, shamans, healers, and whatever else they served for AND were well respected. in this day and age, not very many value these people and their services, almost labeling them as dangers to society. mental health is not taken seriously. money rules. money perpetuates all evils right now. money creates these mental diseases that they blame people to have. it's all stress induced. we need more healers, more guides, more of these "mentally disabled" people to retain their true potential and value as human being rather than another number in some stupid game of pharmaceutical monopoly.