I met my husband in the psych unit lol. I don't think we should necessarily ghetto-ize ourselves but my most rewarding relationships from being romantic to deep friendships have been with other mentally ill people.

I went to a day treatment program for a long time. I met a lot of cool people and it was refreshing and took the anxiety away, I felt like I could bond with people and form friendships and I wouldn't be judged as much. I isolate way too much.

But, its getting to the point where I'm afraid to be around "the normals." I have a baby and would like to join a mommy and me group and choke every time I start the process to introduce myself meetup and start going to the group.

Do you have a group in your area, or clubhouse type of thing that you can go to just hang out socially? Here we have various centers in different communities for anyone with a mental illness, they're run by Human Resources Unlimited, we also have the recovery learning center and meetings like the hearing voices group. These groups have been helpful for the social and vocational aspect for me and a lot of other people I know.