A headful of untruths

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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