[still_crazy]

seriously. maybe it...the affliction, if you will...does fit better on the schizoaffective side of things...

or maybe, not. the MDs keep putting me down for Bipolar I, the talky ones for Schizoaffective. Truth? who knows?

but my community...its almost like...loser in HS, messed up at college...sounds like a fairly typical school to prison pipeline story (long story...family was working class/lower middle class, now they've moved up a lot...), but...

i dunno. i was given shock, not voluntarily, a long time ago...in my early 20s. im not angry or bitter about it now, which is kind of...strange, i guess...but its easy for me to shrug it off, now...I have a good family, my faith, somehow my IQ estimate is high enough for me to think of it, more and more, as the hazy nightmare of 'back then...'

antidepressants help. LOL.

seriously, though...in my situation, "Schizophrenia" might be a step up, no matter what the 'real diagnosis' is, today, next week, whatever. socially...im essentially a resented, stigmatized non-entity. Schizophrenia is kind of like being...dead, socially. there, but not there. seen, not usually heard. oh well.

how does Schizophrenia play out, socially, in your life?

[Sometimes psychotic]

I actually used to be less social before I was diagnosed with psychosis (now bipolar 1). Since treatment and mostly due to therapy I’m more social now. I can’t answer for sz since I’m not, but this forum is for anyone suffering from psychosis too.

Feel free to jump in to our check in thread Roll Call whatever your diagnosis with psychosis...

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Originally Posted by still_crazy

but my community...its almost like...loser in HS, messed up at college...sounds like a fairly typical school to prison pipeline story (long story...family was working class/lower middle class, now they've moved up a lot...), but...

i dunno. i was given shock, not voluntarily, a long time ago...in my early 20s. im not angry or bitter about it now, which is kind of...strange, i guess...but its easy for me to shrug it off, now...I have a good family, my faith, somehow my IQ estimate is high enough for me to think of it, more and more, as the hazy nightmare of 'back then...'

antidepressants help. LOL.

seriously, though...in my situation, "Schizophrenia" might be a step up, no matter what the 'real diagnosis' is, today, next week, whatever. socially...im essentially a resented, stigmatized non-entity. Schizophrenia is kind of like being...dead, socially. there, but not there. seen, not usually heard. oh well.

how does Schizophrenia play out, socially, in your life?

I feel like I was a loser in high school now whereas when I was in high school I didn't care. Personally I think I was right before. Maybe, well maybe I've just been a little bit beaten down by this life. Socially I stopped talking to people who I think thought I was a loser because it seems like its not good for me. Unfortunately this leaves me isolated.

[TunedOut]

I think Schizophrenia is very misunderstood and sometimes even feared by people (would have to include myself in this ). There are plenty of public figures who have come forward about their bipolar, depression, etc. struggles but we need more discussion about schizophrenia. I am not sure but feel like it can be triggered by trauma then people with it get drugged to deal with their trauma when dealing with the trauma is as important as dealing with their symptoms. Some are the most sensitive people you could every imagine. If they were not stigmatized and more people would try to understand, more people with this diagnosis might accomplish great things!!

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I like your soapbox