Am I suppose to identify myself with schizophrenia?

I was diagnosed with this sickness and it effects all my thoughts, but it feels that I am suppose to hide it from even myself that I am a schizophrenic.

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I refuse to accept I have sz, I have experienced psychosis though, so I accept that part but I can’t accept the sz.

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I don’t identify with schizophrenia anymore because people seem so different from my mother and I.

I’ve found my general wellbeing better when accepting I have the condition. I can then label it which makes things easier. Nobody wants to be a schizophrenic but you just work yourself up with denial.

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How about identifying as an ‘Integration disorder’?

It sounds much better, don’t you think?

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I don’t hide that I’m schizophrenic to anyone. I try to be a good spokesman for the disorder when I talk to people.

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I accept that I have schizophrenia and bipolar.
I guess that makes me schizoaffective although bipolar also fits since I have a lot of mood symptoms.
The doctors are always confused and so am I

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i accept my condition now and with my treatments no positives or negatives symptoms and no sides effects also.

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I feel like i tell lots of people once i get to know them that I have schizophrenia.

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