Abstract
Despite tough problems and a severe diagnosis (schizoaffective disorder), you can find a way to feel better and to leave your difficulties behind you. Psychotherapy, support from nurses, and medication are all helpful according to my experiences. I have become healthier and my life has become better. I was referred to a therapeutic treatment centre offering 24‐hour services 7 days a week, with an orientation towards cognitive behavioural therapy. The care I received at this centre helped me to overcome my illness. I was lucky to have the opportunity to continue with supportive outpatient contact with a nurse from the centre for almost 20 years, which helped significantly in my efforts to create a functioning daily life. A couple of sessions of psychotherapy as well as medications have also been (and are) necessary to keep me on the right track.