I wanted to ask what are some of your life goals? and how many of them were affected by schizophrenia?
I for example wanted to be a member of the parliament in my country and a successful expert in my industry. However, being diagnosed with schizophrenia and its side effects has affected, if not ended, both goals. I remain wanting to achieve other life goals, like advancing my knowledge and education, traveling around the world, staying in touch with friends…etc
However, I feel that schizophrenia has made achieving my life goals much more harder. I do everything with my brain, so how am I supposed to do and achieve anything when my brain is affected?
I feel like a laptop with no processor. Just a semi-human who eats, drinks and sleep.
I will in the future. Right now it has zero videos and no content. Once I start uploading I will be sure to post those videos here & also on Facebook. It won’t be until late 2016, though. I’m strapped financially.
My goal is to not suffer. But that inevitably makes me lazy. My mom is giving me ■■■■ about it. There will be a day when she gets tired of me, she finds the rent isn’t worth it, and she kicks me out. My dad has already reached that point. I can’t work while medically subdued but if I get off medication, I will get paranoid or have overwhelming anxiety…probably. I have this feeling that I will suffer for eternity. Luckily I’m not alone. I hope things get better.
That’s a respectable goal. I have the same goal, but I’m afraid to apply cause they will think I’m a lunatic or something and would eventually lose the job.
Keep a cool head and you never know, its just the transition, I will need support for getting back into work, it is a very slow process but hopefully get therevin the end, I will be happy for part time work, start with flexible work though so I can do it when I want.
I had big goals, so i went for it and i became unwell, then i tried something else huge and i became unwell, then i did nothing and that made me sad and low and bored… then i tried to something else big and I still got unwell and i tried to go off meds and i went worse by far for 3 years.
So for 10 years i had smaller goals, and i’ve been fine. Happy, married, sometimes exercising obsessively, sometimes driven obsessively with writing.
But 10 years later i’m having a play produced.
I didn’t really want to be a writer i thought it was uncool, and whenever i tried to put anything down , it ended up being about me and i’d hate it… so now putting characters on stage seems to be my thing.
Proud of you