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Old May 23, 2013, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by newtus View Post
extremely common misconception.

ive been in hospitals near 15x. inpatient. outpatient.
private. public. got sent to residential long term facility too.
talked to many folks who were off the extreme deep end and on the mild side of schizophrenia/psychosis.
many dont recognize. but many do too. even if they knew they notice they stopped socializing. or got random paranoid thoughts. etc.
some do some dont. but not rare.
I guess I don't know enough people with the Dx. I had no idea at all I had an acute onset and was delusional overnight. I'm really sorry for the pain and struggle that you've been through.
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