I was abused verbally when I first noticed I was mentally ill to a certain degree. I found out i was schitzophrenic, and i told my best friend i thought i was even before a diagnosis. She told me bluntly i was making it up in my head and it was all in my head. Well she was right, it was in my head, my brain disorder. Never saw her again, good riddens to her!!! My family called me a vegetable for three years as i was bedridden from a car accident, actually i was hit walking across the street and was hit by a van, hit my head on the ground 5 times trying to get up. I was put in a home and psych wards from there. I am on meds now, they help greatly, but i have a hard time getting up in the morning as i have degenerative disc desease too. I also have hypothyroidism. I am sorry if i rewrote this as I may have told people this before but it still causes me pain and not sure if it will ever go away.