Harnisch's struggle with his condition is interlinked with the incomprehension of non-sufferers and this provokes him to explain his reality. He has explored a range of media, including film, music, and now the written word, to help the general public understand exactly what it feels like to suffer from schizophrenia. By fictionalizing the day-to-day meetings of multiple personalities, he is illuminating a corner of psychiatry that few understand. As an author with schizophrenia, Harnisch is ideally placed to share the unusual perception commonly defined as 'mental illness'. In Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, Harnisch is not dealing with an altered reality, but a double reality, and his main characters, Ben and Georgie, perfectly illustrate how two lives can share the same body.