Did you ever think that when you were a normie, you had a lot of beliefs that all went up in smoke when you had your first psychotic break? I had beliefs that had kept me going, but they weren’t truths.
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Can you give an example?
That doctor was special, that, alone in my dorm room, I slept with my Dad in perfect security, that I didn’t have to worry or plan, that the future would take care of itself, that, somehow I’d have money.
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Ya I had dreams I’d ‘make it big’ and be a millionaire or rich investment banker. I felt God took that all away and gave me schizophrenia because I was selfish and a jerk.
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I know life can really throw you some curves. How old are you now, if you don’t mind my asking @PinCushion ?
I’ll be 77 in a couple of weeks.
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On ~July 4th right
Or is my memory failing me
Close - the 6th
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I think for me it was the belief that I was normal to begin with.
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My brother In law is the 5th. Guess you’re on the other side of the day
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Yes, I think a lot of people struggle financially as they get older. A society that has forgotten its Elders, has lost its way.
Are you on a government pension?
I get social security and have some inheritance from my Mom.
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Thank God you have that. I am paid through insurance from work
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