Maybe it's just me but when I hear certain music or achieve certain things (vacuumed the apartment) I get a high.

Anyone else get them? I don't do or ever have done drugs, btw.

I've pushed away every friend I used to have, now I have nothing to do for example this memorial day extended weekend. It's boring and I'm getting kinda suicidal. But I can fight it.

Anyone else push their friends away because of schizophrenic paranoia?

[NanuConfused]

Originally Posted by Jemi200

Maybe it's just me but when I hear certain music or achieve certain things (vacuumed the apartment) I get a high.

Anyone else get them? I don't do or ever have done drugs, btw.

I've pushed away every friend I used to have, now I have nothing to do for example this memorial day extended weekend. It's boring and I'm getting kinda suicidal. But I can fight it.

Anyone else push their friends away because of schizophrenic paranoia?

I get those kind of highs when I'm working on my artwork, when I'm done or sometimes halfway done with a piece I'll just stare at it and feel the high I'm getting off it.

I have also pushed away a lot of friends, I only have a couple good ones left who know what I'm going through. We here at PC are your friends.

Originally Posted by NanuConfused

I get those kind of highs when I'm working on my artwork, when I'm done or sometimes halfway done with a piece I'll just stare at it and feel the high I'm getting off it.

I have also pushed away a lot of friends, I only have a couple good ones left who know what I'm going through. We here at PC are your friends.

Thank you that means a lot. It's nice to know someone else gets the highs in an interesting way!

[ashland]

JEMI200, please don't hurt yourself it to shall pass. ive been suicidal but I don't want to hurt my family. I just lost my dad to cancer and my mom has it now so I know pain. good luck jemi200 I wont forget you as ill say a prayer for you now.

[schizoaffective]

I definitely do not need friends.

I never have any unless I need to interact with people for some reason - and during that period they become "friends." But some people just don't need so-called friends, and I am one of them. If people need my help, they also become "friends" during that time - but there is no proper bonding.

Perhaps I cannot make the connections that most people do using body-language etc. The chemistry just isn't there.

As regards euphoria, I often feel so elated that I feel like I can literally lift off from the ground - and there is never any real reason for it. It just happens. People cannot understand why I am so happy, and I cannot explain it either.

[Secretum]

I get intense bouts of euphoria too, quite often. This could be part of bipolar schizoaffective, especially if you also feel more energetic and are getting less sleep.

Social concerns are difficult. That's what I struggle with most from this illness. But you can't give up. People will add meaning to your life like nothing else. Please try to reconcile with your friend, and try to make new friends. It will be worth it.

[RCH1961]

I get those highs often, but mine usually happen for no apparent reasons.

As far as friends go, I have none unless you count social media (you can turn them on or off as the mood strikes you) and that is the way I like it. My children are enough and I see them about once every 2 weeks or so.

[lavaja]

I find that while I am feeling "high" by working in the yard or hiking, what ever it is I seem to become very introverted. I don't want to socialize I just am lost in my own world doing my thing.

[avlady]

I am also schitzoaffective, get highs that don't last long as i am also bipolar. i usually get them when i've done something for someone else, and also i am home bound and do alot of housework and when i'm done with it i get so high because i feel before i do it i won't be able to accomplish the tasks at hand but when i finish it it is a good feeling.

[artyaspie]

I get highs from being creative too, and walking in the woods or by the sea, being online can do it sometimes. but also they can just lift me off my feet for no reason. Afterwards I tend to go into a nosedive though. Mayday, mayday!

I have to make a real effort not to push people away, it can get exhausting.

[krisakira]

Yes I get a high sometimes, too. Like just watching TV for a moment I will feel the best feelings ever and feel like euphoria but then it goes away really quickly. Also I have pushed people away too. I only have 2 friends.